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KOCK, Loren Bernard 1929-2009

KOCK, SCHEMMEL, MCDOWELL

Posted By: County Coordinator (email)
Date: 6/27/2009 at 08:07:42

Kock, Loren

Home Town: Alvord, Iowa
Deceased Date: Wed., June 3, 2009

Service: Mon., June 8, 2009
Address: Christ Lutheran Church
Alvord, Iowa

Obituary: Alvord, Iowa - Loren Kock, 80, died Wednesday, June 3, 2009 at Fellowship Village, Inwood, Iowa. Funeral service was Monday at Christ Lutheran Church, Alvord with burial be at Christ Lutheran Cemetery, Alvord.

Loren Bernard Kock was born on a farm north of Alvord, on February 16, 1929 to Minnie (Schemmel) and Harvey Kock. At age 2, the family moved to a farm northwest of Elkton, South Dakota, where he grew up. Loren was married to Delores McDowell on December 2, 1951. They farmed at Elkton until moving to Alvord on December 2, 1959 where Loren ran a mobile feed mill and selling Zip Feed products for the Alvord Produce.

In 1969, Loren and Delores bought the business and continued to run it until Loren suffered strokes in 2000. Loren served on the Town Council for many years and the Fire Department for 25 years. He was a member of Christ Lutheran Church. Loren enjoyed fishing, hunting and bowling.

Loren is survived by his wife of 57 years, 6 months, Delores; a daughter, Vicki (Steve) Herum of Rock Valley, Iowa; two sons: Jeff (Sharmell) Kock and Bill (Deb) Kock all of Alvord, Iowa; 10 grandchildren: Jamison, Jared, Jordan, Jarvis and Jericka Bjorklund, Andy (Megan) Kock and Samantha Kock, Alyssa and Kory Kock and Rachel Herum; 1 great-granddaughter, Jersey; two brothers: Don (Irene) Koch of Brookings, South Dakota, and Virgil (Jane) Kock of Newton, New Jersey; two sisters: twin sister, Lois (Gordon) Murtaugh of Gainsville, GA and Shirley Jensen of Ft Atkinson, WI; 2 brothers-in-law: Bill (Fran) McDowell of Anchorage, AK and Don (Karen) McDowell of Florence, Arizona; 1 sister-in-law, Adell McKeown of Brookings, South Dakota; many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; daughter, Lori and son-in-law, Gary Bjorklund; two grandsons, Jacob Kock and Jon Bjorklund.

(Porter Funeral Homes obituary)
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SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX:

first name: Loren
middle name: B.
last name: Kock
birth date: 16 February 1929
social security number: 503-42-9507
issued: South Dakota
last residence: Alvord, Lyon, Iowa
zip code of last residence: 51230
death date: 3 June 2009
estimated age at death: 80


 

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