Dateline: Hoisington, Kansas
Alice Carrola Ochs Batt, 93, died March 31, 2016, at Clara Barton Hospital.
She was born September 7, 1922, on the family farm in northern Barton County, the daughter of Emanuel and Martha (Steinert) Ochs.
She was baptized in the Reformed Church in Northern Barton County, KS, and later attended and was confirmed at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Galatia, KS.
On February 15, 1942, she married Robert Batt at Bender Hill Church, in southern Russell County, Kansas. They then became members of the Bender Hill Church. When the Bender Hill Church closed she became a member of Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Hoisington. Robert preceded her in death on May 5, 1996.
Alice was also a member of the HDU Club in Milberger and was a life member of both the American Legion Auxiliary, Hoisington, and the Elks Lodge #1715, Russell.
She is survived by a son, Eugene Batt and wife Dorothy of Hoisington; a daughter-in-law, Carla Batt of Victoria, KS; two grandchildren, Tim Batt and wife Tammy of Russell, KS, Laurie McQuade and husband Eric of Munjor, KS; step grandchildren, Doug Dolechek and wife Stacy of Hoisington, Diane Durland and husband Ron of Great Bend, Debbie Folk and husband Max of Chugiak, Alaska; Denise Schmidt and husband Eric of Claflin; five great grandchildren, 12 step great grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband; two sons, Dale and Larry Batt; brother, Waldine Wagner and his wife Verne; three sisters, Doris Karst and her husband Albert, Eldora Brower and her husband Leon, and Lila Jean Haberman and her husband Larry.
Funeral service will be 10:30 a.m., Monday, April 4th, 2016, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, with Rev. Shelly Klingensmith and Pastor Larry Schumacher presiding. Burial will follow in the Hoisington City Cemetery. Friends may call 1 to 8 p.m. Sunday with a prayer service at 6 p.m. and family to receive friends until 8 p.m. Memorials may be made to the Hoisington Ambulance Fund and the Hoisington Cemetery Fund in care of Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home, PO Box 146, Hoisington, KS 67544.
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