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Bertha (Bert) Hoch

June 11, 1924 — April 23, 2025

La Crosse

Bertha (Bert) Hoch, age 100, died Wednesday, April 23, 2025. She was born June 11, 1924, the last of four children born to her immigrant parents, Reinhard and Berta (Ertl) Hoch.

Bert graduated from Aquinas High School in 1942. Shortly thereafter she was employed in the office of the Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Company and worked there until it closed in December 1969. In February 1970 she was employed by the Western Technical College and remained there until she retired in May 2003. During the past years she enjoyed visiting with friends and spending time tending the plants in her garden.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her sister FSPA Elizabeth (formerly Maxilinda) Hoch, two brothers William R. and Ervin G. Hoch, sister-in-law Marion J. Hoch, and niece Xenika Barbara Poehling.

A funeral Mass will be held at 10:00 AM, Friday, May 2, 2025, at Saint Joseph the Workman Cathedral, 530 Main Street, La Crosse. Msgr. Richard Gilles will officiate. Burial will be in the Catholic Cemetery.

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Friday, May 2, 2025

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St. Joseph the Workman Cathedral

530 Main Street, La Crosse, WI 54601

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