Jeanette Clara Branch

Jeanette Clara Branch, 86, of Jefferson City, passed away Friday, January 26, 2018, at St. Joseph Bluffs. She was born April 28, 1931, in St. Elizabeth, the daughter of the late Bernard Fredrick and Alma Elizabeth (Schell) Oligschlaeger. She was a 1949 graduate of St. Elizabeth High School. Jeanette was united in marriage on September 4, 1954, in St. Elizabeth to Jack Lewis Branch who preceded her in death on June 12, 1999. Jeanette was a loving and caring wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend. She was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church where she served on the funeral luncheon committee for many years, member of the St. Anns Sodality, member of the Immaculata Club, volleyball coach at I.C. and was a 4-H Leader. She enjoyed crafts of all kinds including crocheting, cross-stitching, quilting, and ceramics. Survivors include six children, Ann (Stephen Mark) Rackers, Brentwood, MO; Jim (Julie) Branch, Jefferson City; Mary (Mike) Luetkemeyer, Jefferson City; Kathy (Rob) Abernathy, Jefferson City; Jane (John) Kohler, St. Louis; Julie (Jerry) Keithline, Kansas City; 11 grandchildren Kayleigh, Maggie, Brett, Lindsey, Jacob, Abby, Morgan, Turner, Matthew, Francie and Nealy; 4 great-grandchildren, Carson, Allison, Amelia and Killian; one sister, Helen (Donald) Hirsch, Jefferson City; two sisters-in-law, Marg Oligschlaeger, Brooklyn, IA; Gerri Oligschlaeger, Jefferson City; and one brother-in-law, Junior (Viola) Branch, Gravois Mills. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; and three brothers, Leroy, Gerald, and Robert Oligschlaeger; and two sisters, Blanche Kemna and Dolores Ritter; and one great granddaughter, Claire Blankenship. Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Thursday, February 1, 2018, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church with a prayer service at 3:30 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11 a.m. Friday, February 2, 2018, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church with the Rev. Donald J. Antweiler officiating. Burial will be in Resurrection Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Helias Catholic High School for the Jack and Jeanette Branch Scholarship, or to SSM Health at Home Hospice. Dulle-Trimble Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Those wishing to email tributes or condolences to the family may do so at the www.dulletrimble.com website.