Vera Charlotte Hoch

CELEBRANTS
Rev. Fr. Gerald Thury
Rev. Fr. Jim Bretzke
MUSIC
Organist & Soloist ~ Kathy Koenig
St. Leo Choir & Congregation
Processional ~ “Come to Me”
Offertory Hymn ~ solo, “Ave Maria”
Communion Hymn ~ “We Remember”
Recessional ~ “How Great Thou Art”
CASKETBEARERS
Bill Balvin
Matt Balvin
Charles Campbell
Jim Koenig
Lowell Nelson
Wayne Schuurmans
Vera Charlotte Hoch was born on Tuesday, November 23, 1920 in Tyndall, South Dakota to Edward and Emiline (Kloucek) Balvin.  She attended Armstrong Country School and graduated from Tyndall High School in 1939. She earned her teaching certificate from Southern Normal College in Springfield in 1941 and taught country school for several years. During World War II, she worked as an airplane inspector in a defense plant in California. Vera was united in marriage to William Hoch on June 3, 1946 at St. Leo Catholic Church in Tyndall. Bill purchased the family drug store in 1948, and she worked there for over 50 years. She was a member of St. Leo Catholic Church, St. Leo Altar Society, and the Tyndall V.F.W. Auxiliary. Vera was known as a kind and generous person to all who knew her. She enjoyed playing cards with several card clubs, league bowling and playing golf. Vera became a resident of St. Michael’s Nursing Home in February of 2002, and it is there that she passed away on Sunday, May 30, 2010, having attained the age of 89 years, 6 months and 8 days.
Vera is survived by her husband, Bill Hoch of Tyndall, a daughter, Dr. Jeanne Hoch of Berea, Kentucky, and a sister-in-law, Angie Balvin of Tyndall.
In addition to her parents, Vera is preceded in death by her son, Greg Hoch, in 2005 and a brother, Hayes Balvin, in 2009.