Posted on: PaloAlto County Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/PaloAltoObits/612 Surname: Metzger, Marti ------------------------- FINAL RITES FOR MARY METZGER, 79 Mary Metzger, 79 of West Bend, died Thursday, January 18, 1996 at the West Bend Care Center. Services were held Monday, January 22, 2:00 p.m. at St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, West Bend with Rev. Jim McCormick officiating. Burial was in the West Bend Cemetery. Visitation was Sunday at St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in West Bend where a Catholic Daughter of the Americas Rosary was recited, followed by a Parish Vigil Service. Casket Bearers were Clarence Yoch, Eddie Zinn, William Wuebker, Paul Bleuer, Jay Frerk, and Frank Mader. Mary Catherine Marti, daughter of Jacob and Anna Marnach Marti was born December 15, 1916 in West Bend. She was raised in the West Bend area, graduating from the Rodman High School. She married Emil E. Metzger, March 6, 1943 at St. Peter and Paul Catholic Parsonage in West Bend. Mary was a homemaker and also worked at the West Bend Telephone Company and the Grotto of the Redemption. She had been a resident of the West Bend Care Center since May of 1994. Survivors include her husband, Emil, West Bend; daughters, Diana L. Burton of Littleton, Colorado; and Madonna Marine of Rolfe; five grandchildren, sisters: Anna Bonnstetter of Whittemore, Susan Kisch and Bertha Wilson of West Bend; brothers: Ernest Marti of West Bend and John Marti of Algona. She was preceded in death by her parents, brothers, Fred, and Eugene, and a sister, Agnes. She was a member of St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church and the CDA of the Church. She loved gardening, particularly roses, and also loved to cook. Taken from the West Bend Journal, Thursday, January 25, 1996, p. 2.