Koch, Mrs. Henry Sr. (Anna Marie) 1844-1920

KOCH, MOLD

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 3/17/2011 at 21:15:21

LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel
Feb. 17, 1920

Mrs. Henry Koch Sr., one of the oldest residents of Remsen, died at her home here last Thursday afternoon after a brief illness with influenza. Mrs. Koch’s maiden name was Anna Marie Mold, and she was born in Schleswig, Germany, on December 15, 1844. In her native home she was married to Henry Christian Koch in 1868, and twenty years there after, the couple, together with their children, came to the United States, settling in Remsen. Mr. and Mrs. Koch lived in town all of this time with the exception of about eight
years, which they spent on a farm south of town. To this union eight children were born, five of whom are still alive. They are: Henry Koch Jr.,
who is in the mail service; Fred Koch, proprietor of the Mystic theater; William Koch, a farmer of Ogilvie, Minn.; Mrs. Henry Martens, of Bridgewater, S.D.; and Mrs. Frank Rief, of Eagle Grove, Ia.