Obituaries : Leland “Lee” Kuch

Leland "Lee" Earl Kuch

KEYSTONE:

Leland Earl Kuch, 77, died Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at Colonial Manor Nursing Home in Amana following an extended illness.

Visitation will be held from 2 to 6 p.m., Sunday, June 24, 2012 at St. John Lutheran Church in Keystone. Funeral Services will commence at 10:30 a.m., Monday, June 25th at St. John Lutheran Church in Keystone with Rev. Richard Osslund officiating. Interment will follow at the Keystone Cemetery. In lieu of flowers a memorial fund has been established. Phillips Funeral Home in Keystone is in charge of arrangements.

Leland was born February 28, 1935 to Earl W. and Emma (Newkirk) Kuch of Van Horne. He graduated from the Van Horne High School in 1953 where he was a member of the State Championship Baseball Team in 1952. He continued his love for baseball at Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls (UNI) where he graduated in 1957. Leland taught math, physical education and coached at New Sharon High School.

On June 21, 1959 he was united in marriage to Yvonne Hennings at St. John Lutheran Church in Keystone. After teaching another year, he began his farming career in the Keystone area until 2004.

Leland was a member of St. John Lutheran Church where he served on the Church Council. He also served on the Benton County Beef and Pork Producers, the Benton Community Citizenship Committee, and the Benton Community Board of Education. He was a 4-H Leader, and was a long time official of girls and boys basketball.

He is survived by his wife, Yvonne of Keystone; his children: Sharman (Alicia) Kuch of Fayetteville, NC, Crystalinn (Phil) Brackelsberg of Edmond, OK, Sherwin (Kristin) Kuch of Keystone, and Grantlyn (Kathy) Kuch of Washington, IL; seven grandchildren, Carissa and Brianna Brackelsberg, Emily, Ellie, Kaeden, Wyatt, and Garrett Kuch; one brother, Donald (Judy) Kuch of Van Horne; and sister, Nadine (Donald) Lilleskov of Cedar Falls.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one grandson, Alec Brackelsberg.

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