FREEPORT - Eva P. Bauch, 94, of Freeport, IL died on Thursday, March 22, 2012 at Parkview Retirement Center in Freeport. She was born Sept. 25, 1917, in Lafayette County, Wisconsin to E. Claude and Alta (Kelly) Thorp. She graduated from Winslow High School in 1935 and attended the University of Illinois-Champaign Urbana for two years.