Delphine Gatch

Gatch, Delphine (nee Polk), fortified with the Sacraments of Holy Mother Church, Mon. Dec. 17, 2007, dear wife of the late Calvin F. Gatch, dear mother of Calvin F. (Barbara) Gatch, Jr., Katherine (Hugh) Law and Sarah (Edward) Fehlig, sister of Alicia Withers and the late Grizelda Skinner and William Julius Polk, Jr. dear grandmother of Calvin Gatch III, Emily Gatch, Sarah Law, Delphine Fehlig Sha, Helen Fehlig Tatum and Edward Fehlig, Jr., great-grandmother of Daisy Delphine Gatch, Abigail Gatch, Adriana Tatum and William Tatum, Sarah Sha and Samuel Sha dear aunt and great-aunt. Mrs. Gatch studied interior decorating at the Parsons School of Design and worked at the Warfield Shops. She was a member of the Garden Club, establishing new gardens in the City and developing an extensive native wild flower trail in the country. Mrs. Gatch was a mentor to many of the members of the Society of the Daughters of St. Francis de Sales and was active in St. Louis Priory Mothers Club.Services: Funeral Mass Thurs., December 20, 2007, 11 a.m. at the Church of the Annunziata, 925 Cella Rd. Interment Calvary Cemetery. Memorials to Missouri Botanical Garden or to Catholic Charities. Visitation Wed., 4-7 p.m. at KRIEGSHAUSER WEST Mortuary, 9450 Olive Blvd., Olivette, MO.