Obituary of Edna Broach

Frances Edna Odom Broach died Wednesday, May 15, 2019 at 101 years of age, in Maple Grove, Minnesota.

 

Born in Alcolu, SC, she was the daughter of the late Leroy and Frances Witherspoon Odom.

 

Mrs. Broach was a resident of Columbus, Indiana for thirty-one years.  While there, she was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, serving in many positions and was a charter member of the Women’s Society of Christian Service.  She was also active in 4-H and Girl Scouts.  She moved to Tokyo, Japan with her husband and, while there, studied art. She also studied art at the University of Kentucky, the University of Tennessee and the University of South Carolina. She and her husband retired to Sumter, S.C. where she became a member of Trinity United Methodist Church and the Trinity Fellowship Class.  She remained active in each until she moved to Minnesota in 2002.

 

She is survived by a daughter, Charlotte Broach (Pat Schachern) of Maple Grove, MN; three grandchildren, Kelley Hartman (Shane Hartman) of Fridley, MN; Matthew Awde of St. Louis Park, MN; and Vanessa Lenzmeier (Kevin Lenzmeier) of Lakeville, MN; two great grandchildren, Madison Lenzmeier and Connor Lenzmeier of Lakeville, MN; and numerous nieces and nephews.

 

She was preceded in death by her husband Miriam C Broach, four sisters; Rae Plowden, Lorena Fann, Lucile Johnson, Mary Ellenberger, and three brothers; Harold Odom, Alvin Odom and E.W. Odom.

 

Funeral services will be held at 11 A.M. Saturday, May 25, 2019, in the Chapel of the Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home.

 

Burial will be in the Trinity United Methodist Church Cemetery in Alcolu, SC.

 

On-line condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals.com

 

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to the Trinity United Methodist Church Cemetery Fund, 301 Trinity Church Road, Alcolu, SC 29001.                    

 

Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad Street, Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements (803) 775-9386.