Agatha Giese

Thursday, June 29, 2006

NEW HAMBURG - Agatha Marietta Giese, 82, formerly of St. Louis, died May 23, 2006, in a hospital near Angier, N.C.

Born June 11, 1923, at New Hamburg, the daughter of Herman Joseph and Mary Amelia Scherer Glueck, she worked many years at St. Elizabeth Day Care until retiring. She was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Arnold.

In 1955, she married William "Bill" Giese, who preceded her in death.

Survivors include a daughter, Mary Ann Lape of Angier; three grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and a special friend, Loretta Gibson of St. Louis.

She was preceded in death by a granddaughter, three brothers and seven sisters.

Services were held June 5 at Heiligtag-Long-Fendler Funeral Home in Arnold. Burial followed in Herculaneum.

Announcement courtesy of Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee.