Zelda Dubach

Zelda M. "Tootie" Dubach, 89, of Naplate, passed away Monday, May 21, 2012 at Ottawa Pavilion. Funeral Service for Zelda will be 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at Ottawa Funeral Home with Fr. Mark Geisler of the Episcopal Church officiating. Visitation will be 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. prior to service on Wednesday at Ottawa Funeral Home. Burial will be at a later date at Ottawa Avenue Cemetery. Zelda was born October 30, 1922 in Dayton, Illinois to Frank and Alice (McKinley) Davis. She married John Dubach on June 26, 1941 at St. Mary's Church in Naplate. He passed away January 29, 1996. She had been a nurses' aid at LaSalle County Nursing Home and was a cook at Hank's Farm, retiring when she was 80. She is survived by one daughter, Zelda (Edward) Allen of Ottawa; two sons, Robert (Judy) Dubach of Georgia and John (Debbie) Dubach of Pennsylvania; nine grandchildren; thirty-two great-grandchildren; seven great-great-grandchildren; three sisters, Dorothy "Honey" Cusick of Ottawa, Bertha "Babe" Garland of South Carolina; and Norma Hughes of Pennsylvania; a special nephew, Andrew "Skeeter" Dubach; and many other nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by three sisters, Dolly, Helen, and Rosemary; and four brothers, Bud, Herbert, Frank, and Joe. Memorials may be directed to Illinois Valley Adult Day Center, 1020 2nd Street, LaSalle, Illinois.