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Laurena Gorsh
LAURENA GORSH
Williamsburg
Laurena Anna Gorsh passed away Friday, April 15, 2016, at English Valley Care Center in North English at the age of 92.
She is survived by her two sons, Dennis and Douglas, both of Williamsburg; a daughter-in-law, Marilyn (Larry) Glasco of Oskaloosa; nine grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; a sister, Lillie Carter of Williamsburg; and a sister-in-law, Ruth Ann Gorsh of North English.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband in 1991; a son, Dale, in 2005; three sisters, Katie Huedepohl, Pauline Collingwood and Eleonora Hunzelman; and three brothers, Friemund, Orville and Ferdinand Teggatz.
Celebration of Life services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, April 18, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Williamsburg. Burial will be in St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday from 3 to 6 p.m. at Powell Funeral Home in Williamsburg.
Memorials are for St. Paul Lutheran Church. Messages and tributes may be left at www.powellfuneralhomes.com.
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