Koch, Berniece 1910-1971

KOCH, PAINE, STOW

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 7/5/2012 at 19:28:12

Algona, Ia.
Upper Des Moines
Thursday, April 15, 1971

MRS. KOCH, 60, EX-BURT LADY, DIES SATURDAY

BURT—Funeral services for Mrs. Walter Koch, 60, former Burt resident, were held at the Lindhorst Funeral Chapel in Humboldt Monday, April 12, with Rev. Robert Snyder of Humboldt Zion Lutheran Church officiating. Burial was in the Ft. Wayne Ind. cemetery April 14 beside the body of her husband, who died Jan. 11, 1970.

Mrs. Koch, the former Berniece Stow, died at the home of her brother, Willard Stow, in Humboldt Saturday following a lingering illness. She was born to the late James and Cora Paine Stow June 16, 1910, at Burt. She grew up in Burt and attended school there.

Survivors include two sisters, Marguerite, Mrs. Clifford Parrish, Clearwater, Fla., and Florence, Mrs. Cecil Godfredson, Humboldt; also one brother, Willard Stow, Humboldt.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Walter Koch, her parents and two brothers, Perry and Donald Stow.