HERKIMER - Mrs. Maria Luise Krech, a longtime Herkimer resident, passed away peacefully on Sunday morning, June 28, 2015, at Lakeland Regional Medical Center, Lakeland, Florida, with her family at her side. Mrs. Krech was 82. She is survived by her beloved husband Leo Krech of Herkimer, and her children, Odessa Krech, Venessa Hartman (Jack), and Marlissa Krech-Keavaney (Thomas) and grandchildren, Jeremy Helmer (Melissa), John Hartman (Ashley) and their daughter Ava, Lisa Matthews (Daniel), and Nikolai Keavaney. She was predeceased by a brother Heinrich and a sister Emmy Hechler Roth. Mrs. Krech was born in Bruchsal, Germany, the daughter of the late Eugen and Emma (Heissler) Hechler. She attended St. Francis de Sales Church in Herkimer. Calling hours for Mrs. Krech will be on Thursday July 2, 2015 from 5:00 until 8:00 pm in The Enea Family Funeral Home, 220 North Washington Street, Herkimer, NY. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday July 3, 2015 at 10:00 am at Saint Francis de Sales Church, North Bellinger Street in Herkimer where the Reverend Leo Potvin, will officiate. Interment will follow in Calvary Cemetery, Herkimer. Arrangements and supervision of services for Maria Luise Krech have been entrusted to Funeral Directors, Harry J. & Kevin E. Enea at Enea Family Funeral Home, 220 North Washington Street, Herkimer, NY. (315) 866-1011. An online note of sympathy may be extended at www.eneafamily.com on the Internet.