He was born Feb. 9, 1915, in Deer Creek Township, a son of Milton Leo and Augusta Caroline Pagel Oesch. He married Dorothy Roudenbush.
Survivors include four children, Steve (Jeanne) Oesch, Morton; Loren Oesch, Mackinaw; Keven (Connie) Oesch, Indianapolis; and Darren Oesch, Congerville; three sisters, Viola Kath, Carlock; Loretta Oesch, Bloomington; and Yvonne (Herb) McClure, Bloomington; three sisters-in-law, Isabelle Oesch, Missouri; Frances Oesch, Hopedale; and Pat Oesch, Peoria; 13 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers and four sisters.
Lawrence attended New Castle Bible Church, Mackinaw. He graduated from Illinois State Normal University. Lawrence had worked at Cargill in Congerville for many years until he retired. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, and was a member of the Eureka American Legion Post, Eureka.
Published in the Bloomington, Illinois Pantagraph
He was born Feb. 9, 1915, in Deer Creek Township, a son of Milton Leo and Augusta Caroline Pagel Oesch. He married Dorothy Roudenbush.
Survivors include four children, Steve (Jeanne) Oesch, Morton; Loren Oesch, Mackinaw; Keven (Connie) Oesch, Indianapolis; and Darren Oesch, Congerville; three sisters, Viola Kath, Carlock; Loretta Oesch, Bloomington; and Yvonne (Herb) McClure, Bloomington; three sisters-in-law, Isabelle Oesch, Missouri; Frances Oesch, Hopedale; and Pat Oesch, Peoria; 13 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers and four sisters.
Lawrence attended New Castle Bible Church, Mackinaw. He graduated from Illinois State Normal University. Lawrence had worked at Cargill in Congerville for many years until he retired. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, and was a member of the Eureka American Legion Post, Eureka.
Published in the Bloomington, Illinois Pantagraph
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FATHER
Family Members
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Viola Augusta "Vi" Oesch Kath
1911–2015
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Wilfred Woodrow Oesch
1913–2006
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Winifred Leonora Oesch Dyer
1916–2003
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Orville Owen Oesch
1919–1997
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Howard Milton Oesch
1921–1979
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Odessa R. Oesch Walsh
1923–1966
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Loretta Crystal Oesch
1925–2021
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LaVeta Arlene Oesch Stauffer
1927–2007
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Eloise Bernadine Oesch
1929–1976
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Yvonne Clarissa Marinetta "Vonnie" Oesch McClure
1931–2014
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Samuel Waldo Oesch
1934–2007