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Obituary: Bessie Mauch

Bessie Frances (Brockway) Mauch passed away Dec. 22, 2019 in American Falls, Idaho. Chapel service was Dec. 29, followed by a committal prayer at Falls View Cemetery in American Falls.

Bessie was born on September 29, 1919 to Lester Lee and Florilla Ethelinda (Lewis) Brockway in Warwick, N.D., in her aunt’s home.

Bessie attended grade school in Ayrshire, Iowa. She worked her way through high school, as a housekeeper for room and board, and graduated from New Rockford Central High School with the class of 1937.

On April 4, 1942 she married Arthur “Art” Mauch. To this union were born five children, James “Jim” Mauch of Green River, Wyo., Alice (Jay) Hunter of Chubbuck, Idaho, Winnie (John Folawn) Mauch of Portland, Ore., Wayne (Sara) Mauch of Eugene, Ore., Jerry (Christine) Mauch of American Falls, Idaho.

After the children were in school, she fulfilled a lifelong dream and completed the first LPN training program at Power County Memorial Hospital (Harms Memorial). She worked as an LPN for many years at Power County Memorial and Bannock County Memorial hospitals, and as a volunteer at the Power County Senior Center, the Power County election board, and the Idaho State Veterans Home in Pocatello, Idaho. She attended and supported the American Falls Assembly of God Church.

Bessie was preceded in death by her husband; three sisters; one brother and one son-in-law Jay Hunter. She is survived by one sister Marion (Delbert) Boskie, Miles City, Mont., her children and spouses, eleven grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren, and 11 great-great-grandchildren.

Arrangements made by Davis Rose Mortuary, Idaho.