KOCH, Mary (Homrig) 1867-1956

KOCH, LANE

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 9/10/2009 at 17:28:38

Rites Conducted for Mrs. Koch, 89, St. Ansgar

ST. ANSGAR, IOWA — Funeral services were held from the home Saturday afternoon at 2 for Mrs. Oscar Koch, 89, who died at her home Thursday night, following a long illness. She was born in Wisconsin, but St. Ansgar has been her home since her marriage to Oscar Koch 61 years ago.

She is survived by her husband, a son Lloyd, St. Ansgar, and a daughter, Laura Lane, Madison, Wis. and two granddaughters.

Burial was in the local cemetery.

Source: Mason City Globe-Gazette, September 22, 1956
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Contents of Funeral Service Folder--

IN MEMORY OF
Mary E. Koch

BORN
June 17, 1867
Wausau, Wisconsin

PASSED AWAY
September 20, 1956
St. Ansgar, Iowa

SERVICES AT
O.H. Residence
St. Ansgar, Iowa
September 22, 1956

CLERGYMAN
Rev. Richard Pearson

FINAL RESTING PLACE
St. Ansgar Cemetery

BEARERS
A. Byron Golberg, Waldo Wold, Howard Belz, Leonard Cecil, Herman A. Pahl and Monrad A. Houg.

(Credit: Karen Robertson)