Obituary of Edith J. Fouchek

Edith M. Fouchek of Iowa City died Monday, December 17, 2012. Funeral services will be held at 2 pm Saturday, December 22, 2012, at Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service in Iowa City. Burial will follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery. Visitation will be from 12 noon on Saturday until services, refreshments will be served during the visitation. A memorial fund has been established in Edith's memory. Online condolences may be sent for her family through the web @ www.gayandciha.com. Edith M. Hotz was born April 1, 1917, in rural Johnson County, Iowa the daughter of Joseph W. and Frances (Krehlik) Hotz. Attending schools in the Lone Tree area she graduated from Lone Tree High School. She also attended the Irish Business College in Iowa City. On February 18, 1941 she was united in marriage to Harold W. Fouchek at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, IA. The couple farmed in the Pleasant Valley Township area of Johnson County for many years until moving into Iowa City in 1983. Edith was active in the country schools as her children attended. She was a member of the Lincoln Women's Club the Liberty Pleasant Valley Women's Farm Bureau as well as Johnson County Farm Bureau. Her family includes her daughter, Mary Fouchek of Iowa City and Edith's son, Eldon Fouchek of rural Iowa City; and a sister-in-law, Pauline Flannery of Iowa City and several neices and nephews.. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Harold in 1987; and her brother, Adolph Hotz in 1985.