Eileen Berniece Forch Bock

Feb. 4, 1924--July 29, 2011

SARASOTA, Florida -- Eileen Berniece Bock, 87, died Friday (July 29, 2011).

She was born in Stratton, Nebraska and spent the first 12 years of her life on a farm in Stratton. She lived in Denver, Colorado, and New Jersey before moving to Florida.

She was employed by Charlotte County Public Schools as the principal's secretary at Lemon Bay Junior and Senior High Schools in Englewood, Florida, from 1968-90.

She was preceded in death by her brothers, Roland and Robert Forch of Stratton.

Survivors include her husband of 67 years, Louis A. Bock Jr.; daughters, Carol Bock of Monument, Colorado, and Susan Strickland and husband, William of Venice, Florida; son, Donald Bock and wife, Donna of Newport News, Virginia; brother, Paul Forch and wife, Anne of Lincoln, Nebraska; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

Services are at a later date in Stratton.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.