Carolyn Fuchs

Carolyn Elizabeth Rothermel Fuchs, 83, of Carmine, wife of Otto L. Fuchs, Jr. died January 12, 2013 in Scott and White Hospital in Brenham. Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m., Thursday, January 17, 2013 at Martin Luther Lutheran Church in Carmine, with Pastor David Tinker officiating. Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery in Burton. Visitation will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Wednesday at Foehner Funeral Home in Burton. Carolyn Fuchs was born April 14, 1929 in Burton to Carl Norman and Erma Broesche Rothermel. Baptized April 13, 1930 at St. John''s Evangelical Church in Burton by Pastor Adolph Walton, she was confirmed at St. John''s Evangelical and Reformed Church in Burton on June 13, 1943 by Pastor Paul Kniker. It was in this same church that she was united in marriage to Otto L. Fuchs, Jr. on July 28, 1951 by Pastor E.H. Schwengel. A graduate of Burton High School and Blinn College, she obtained a B.S. degree from Sam Houston State University, where she majored in biology and minored in chemistry. Miss Carolyn pursued a career as a teacher, teaching for 2 years in Ganado ISD and 31 years in Round Top-Carmine ISD, retiring in 1990. Carolyn was a faithful member of Martin Luther Lutheran Church, where she served on the church council, was a member and officer of the Ladies Aid, member of the choir for over 40 years, and spent many hours volunteering at Fishes and Loaves, representing Martin Luther. She served as an officer and member of the Quade-Werchan Auxiliary Legion Post #338 for 61 years, and was a member of the National 42nd Rainbow Division Auxiliary and the Texas Chapter of the 42nd Rainbow Division Auxiliary. Other memberships include being a life member of Texas Retired Teachers Association, Fayette County Texas Retired Teachers Association and Round Top-Carmine Mothers'' Club. Community organizations Carolyn was involved in include: Carmine Chamber of Commerce and Fayette County Fair Floral Committee. Her love of genealogy was evident in her memberships in the Washington County Genealogy Society and the German-Texan Heritage Society. She was a 1960 Census taker, election official, sales clerk at Victorian Dream and used her love of music to play the alto saxophone in the Burton High School Band. Her family was very blessed with her cooking talents through her delicious meals. Her specialties were chicken salad, steak and gravy, home-canned foods especially her pickles and corn, homemade bread, coffee cake, chiffon cake, peanut butter crunch and cutout teacakes. Her care packages were always treasured. She was a very talented seamstress, spending countless hours sewing for herself, her daughters and grandchildren. Embroidery was her favorite handwork. Carolyn loved gathering antique rose cuttings and using her "green thumb" to root them to share with fellow members of the Texas Rose Rustlers and family. Her love of flowers was evident in her preservation of family plants for decades. Her family was the love of her life. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She will be missed. Survivors include her husband, Otto L. Fuchs, Jr. of Carmine; daughters and sons-in-law, Carobeth and Bruce Bockhorn and Rebecca and Mark Kuecker, all of Carmine; grandchildren: Lucas and Chris Ann Stroech, Carolise and Benjamin Kelly, Dawn and Gary Bolcerek, and Clint Kuecker; great-grandchildren: Graceyn, Braelyn, and Kaleb Stroech, and Jessalynn and Jaseton Bolcerek; step-grandchildren, Lee Bockhorn and Laura Fiedler and their families; sisters-in-law, Dellora Manske, Shirley Mueller, and Joyce Fuchs; and numerous nieces and a nephew. She was preceded in death by her parents, father-in-law and mother-in-law, Otto Sr. and Elsie Fuchs; her sisters, Mattie Marie Rothermel, Nina Ellermann and her husband Henry Al, and brothers-in-law, Edison Manske, J. D. Mueller, and Howard Fuchs. Serving as pallbearers are grandsons, Lucas Stroech, Clint Kuecker, Benjamin Kelly and Gary Bolcerek; and great-nephews, John Henry Dana, and Justin Dana. Honorary pallbearers are granddaughters, Dawn Bolcerek, Carolise Kelly, and Chris Ann Stroech. Memorials may be directed to Martin Luther Lutheran Church Memorial Fund. Funeral arrangements for Carolyn Elizabeth Fuchs are entrusted to Foehner Funeral Home, 13560 W. Washington St., in Burton. To post a tribute to the family, visit www.memorialoakschapel.com.