April 28, 1931 ~ January 26, 2018
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.
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Jeannie and I send our deepest sympathy and feel privileged to have known your mom and your family. Hope to be in J.C. on Thursday. Praying for peace and comfort for you.
We send our sympathy. Your Mom was a Great Lady.
A great friend and lovely person. Remember all our times together at St Mary’s Hospital. I think of her often. You have my deepest sympathy.
What a lovely lady and friend. Truly a wonderful neighbor and many evenings of fun and lively conversation. Many evenings of babysitting for your family. My deepest sympathy to all the family. May she now be at peace.
My sincere sympathy to the Branch family. She was a wonderful lady that I was honored to know since early grade school years. Even though its been several yrs.since I last visited w/her she will always have a special place in my heart. Becky Larm McGovern
Sending sympathies to the family. Just seems as though she was always around while I was growing up. She and Jack will always be part of my good memories.
May your memories help ease your loss.
Sending sympathies to the family. Just seems as though she was always around while I was growing up. She and Jack will always be part of my good memories.
May your memories help ease your loss.
Jeanette was a very friendly person always had a smile . You & are the family are in my prayers . May God comfort you in the days to come .
Love & prayers Lucille ( Fitzpatrick) Brune
Jeanette was a very friendly person always had a smile . You & are the family are in my prayers . May God comfort you in the days to come .
Love & prayers Lucille ( Fitzpatrick) Brune
What a wonderful lady! Jeanette will always have a very special place in my heart. She was like a second “mom” to me, as I spent more time at her house than my own while I was growing up. I am so sorry for your loss. My thoughts and prayers are with you all during this very difficult time.
Ann and Mark So sorry for your loss. Cherish your wonderful memories of your mom
My Condolences to the Branch Family for the Loss of your Mother. My thoughts and prayers are with you all.
Your mom was so very special as she cared for our two children, Doug and Julie Loehner, for a couple of years. I will always remember the day she told me that Julie had locked her out of the house, not once but TWICE! She said that was a first. Fortunately she welcomed us back the next day. She left a wonderful mark while here on earth. My condolences to your entire family.
To the entire Branch family. Your mom was truly special. Was sorry to hear the news of her passing. My deepest sympathy to your family from mine
To Jim and the entire Branch family, sorry for your loss. Your mother was always a very nice lady.
So very sorry for your loss.
For all the Oligschlaegers but especially Aunt Jeanette’s close family, my sincere regrets at learning of her passing. Although I could not have met her more than three times, both Barbara and I came away with the memory of her astonishing recollections, quick mind, and hospitality. She showed us around St. Elizabeth and other places with an excitement I clearly recall, although she must have delivered her narrative of family history 100 times before. I remember her keen intelligence, too, which while present in all the Oligschlaegers, was in a special form when she talked about family history. She invited us to meet Jack as well shortly before he passed away and I thought that was very gracious.