Korth

Katherine Lorine Korth, 82, of Caldwell was called home to her Lord on Sunday, April 8, 2018.

Visitation will be held Friday, April 13, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Phillips & Luckey Funeral Home in Caldwell.

Funeral services will be held at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Dean-ville at 11 a.m. Saturday, April

14. Rev. Terry Moon will preside over services. Burial will follow at Elizabeth Lutheran Cemetery.

Katherine Lorine Engelmann was born on Aug. 18, 1935, in Cook Point to parents Herman and Marie Engelmann.

She grew up in Burleson County and graduated from Caldwell High School in 1953.

Katherine was married to Wilfred Korth Sr. on Feb. 25, 1956, and they were blessed with 54 years together.

After graduating, her first job was being a caregiver for a young man injured in an auto accident. This set the tone for Katherine’s life of helping others in need of comforting.

Her work career included: working in the registrar’s office at Texas A&M; was an assistant for W. J. Alexander Attorney’s office, worked for the Caldwell ISD Superintendents office for Mr. Rockett; also worked at the Rockdale Medical Clinic and at Alcoa in Rockdale.

Church was very important to Katherine and she was active with numerous groups throughout her life—a Church Council member, taught Sunday school, member of the Quilting Group, played piano and organ at Church and also played for nursing homes and Senior Citizen Center. She was on the Prayer Shawl Committee at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Deanville, member of the Sons of Hermann Lodge in Deanville, member of the Deanville Volunteer Fire Department, and was well known for her noodle making that brought in funds for most of these groups.

Katherine enjoyed gardening, cooking, making noodles, loved spending time with family, especially grandkids and great-grandkids; playing dominoes and quilting.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Wilfred Korth Sr.; both parents; a son, Michael Korth; two sisters, Laura Hannes and Estelle Haisler; and three brothers, Albert Engelmann, James Engelmann, and Charles Engelmann.

Katherine is survived by her brother, Milton Engelmann and wife Gladys; four children, Wilfred Korth and wife Claire, Glen Korth and wife Debbie, Patty Koscielniak and husband Henry, and Carl Korth; six grandchildren, Wilfred, Kathy, and Krystan Koscielniak, Kabara Praskavich, Jordan Korth, and Bobby Graham; two great-grandchildren, Burris Korth and Ignatius Korth; and two sisters-in-law, Velma Bage and Gladys Paholek.

Pallbearers will include, Donald Haisler, Terry Paholek, Dennis Engelmann, Gerald Korth, Stephen Bage, and Mark McCullock.

Honorary pallbearers will be Jordan Korth and Wilfred Frank Koscielniak.