Edith Stirnkorb

Passed away March 23, 2012. She was born in Weilburg, Germany on

July 8, 1925.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Karl and Lina Scharer,

her husband, Cyril E. Stirnkorb, sisters, Etta and Elsbeth , brother,

Karl and two grandchildren, Mickey Ray Pierce Jr. and Michelle Leigh

Stirnkorb.

Edith was a resident of Copperas Cove for fifty years. She was

a member of the V.F.W. post 8577 Ladies Auxiliary, the American

Legion Unit 580 Auxiliary. She was owner of the LaPetite Beauty Shop.

She also worked as a cook at Kentucky Fried Chicken along with her

two sisters, the Country Cottage, Cotton Eyed Joe’s and Fleet’s Inn

restaurants. She enjoyed spending time with her family and pets,

knitting, crossword puzzles and reading magazines from Germany.

She is survived by sons, Michael, Karl, and Jerome Stirnkorb,

and daughters, Virginia Pierce, Barbara Sundwall, Edith (Lucy)

Stirnkorb-House and Martina Walthall. Sisters, Helene Pignanelli,

Hedy McClellan, and brother Hans Scharer, nineteen grandchildren,

thirty-three great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.

Services are scheduled for Friday at 11:00 a.m. at Holy Family

Catholic Church in Copperas Cove, with visitation starting at 10:00

a.m. Burial will be at the Central Texas Veterans Cemetery in

Killeen at 1:00 p.m.

We, the family, would like to express our gratitude for the

outpouring of love, support, prayers and food

given to us during this difficult time.

Words of comfort may be shared with the family at www.crawfordbowerscopperascove.com.

Services have been entrusted to the care of Crawford-Bowers Funeral Home in Copperas Cove.