Odessa "Ag" Gauch, 70, of Hannibal, MO, died at 2:04 p.m. on Tuesday, May 5, 2015, at the Hannibal Regional Hospital, in Hannibal, MO.
Visitation will be Friday, May 8, 2015, from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. at Grand View.
Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 9, 2015, at the Grand View Funeral Home in Hannibal. Pastor Scott Hawes will officiate. Burial will follow at the Grand View Burial Park in Hannibal.
Ag was born on November 17, 1944, in Hannibal, MO, the daughter of Curtis William and Dorothy Lorraine Culp Haynes. She married Otis E. Gauch in Palmyra on December 24, 1959, and he preceded her in death on February 12, 1990.
Her parents, four brothers; Ralph "Tucker", Curtis III, Charles and Gary Haynes; two daughters, Shellia Todd and Dorothy Brokes; one son, Bucky Wayne Gauch, and one grandson, Rocky Gauch Jr. also preceded her in death.
She is survived by three sons, Otis (Arnetta) Gauch, William (Beth) Gauch and Rocky (Lisa) Gauch; four daughters, Odessa Gibbons, Bonnie (John) Roberson, Angel (Billy) Gruber and Becky (Cody) Gauch; one brother, Jeff Brooks; one sister, Kim Brooks; one special cousin, Sharon Hale, who was raised as if Odessa's sister; 30 grandchildren; 53 great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren.
Pallbearers are Shaun Gauch, Otis Gauch III, Robert Murphy, Wesley Gauch, John Brokes VI and Rocky Gauch. Honorary Pallbearers are Kevin Todd Jr., Charles Murphy, Lance Gauch, Benjamin Felter and Aaron Gauch.