Matilda Hoch, 88, of Dorrance, Kansas died on Sunday, April 10, 2011 at the Ellsworth Medical Center in Ellsworth, Kansas. 

A celebration of the funeral mass will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Friday, April 15, 2011 at the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Dorrance with Father James Hoover officiating.  Burial will follow the mass at the Bunker Hill Cemetery in Bunker Hill, Kansas.  A vigil service and rosary will take place at 6 P.M. on Thursday evening, April 14, 2011 at the Pohlman-Varner-Peeler Mortuary in Russell.  Pohlman-Varner-Peeler Mortuary of Russell is in charge of the funeral service arrangements.