William Couve

1916 - 2002

William Couve

1916 - 2002

BORN

1916

DIED

2002

William Couve Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Oct. 7, 2002.
Services for William "Bill" Couve, 85, rural Atkinson, will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Church of Peace. Burial will be in Church of Peace Cemetery. Visitation is 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at Schueneman & Tumbleson Funeral Home, Kewanee. He died Saturday, Oct. 5, 2002, at Hillcrest Home, Geneseo. He farmed all his life in the rural Atkinson/Annawan area. He was born Oct. 24, 1916, in Cornwall Township. He married Frieda Bailleu in 1940 in Kewanee. Survivors include his wife, Frieda; daughters, Edith Block, Pearl City, and Linda Carton, Atkinson; 8 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

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