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Elmer J Koch

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Elmer J Koch

Birth
Mishicot, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA
Death
10 Dec 1996 (aged 82)
Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Francis Creek, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
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ELMER J. KOCH
(1914 - 1996)

Elmer J. Koch, age 82, of 2916 Shoto Road, Two Rivers, died Tuesday evening, December 10, 1996, at Bellin Hospital, Green Bay.

Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, December 13, 1996, at St. Anne Catholic Church, Francis Creek. Rev. Michael Koch will officiate at the Mass of Christian Burial with burial in St. Anne Parish Cemetery, Francis Creek.

He was born April 6, 1914, in Mishicot, son of the late Albert and Anna Drasner Koch. He attended Holy Cross Parochial School, Mishicot, and Mishicot High School where he was a star basketball player. On November 22, 1938, he married the former Lucille Osesek at Manitowoc. The couple operated Chili Bill's for 14 years. Elmer farmed for many years and operated the milk truck business. He was later employed at Manitowoc Engineering, Whitehouse Milk and retired from Burger Boat Company. He was a member of the Francis Creek Lions Club and received the Melvin Jones Fellow Award.

Survivors include his wife, Lucille; a son and daughter-in-law, Leon and Suzanne Koch, Kewaunee; three daughters and sons-in-law, Darlene and Roger Hengel, Two Rivers; Bonnie and Pat Zigmund, Francis Creek, Margie and Tony Sieracki, Clover; four brothers and a sister-in-law, Vincent Koch, Sheboygan, De Paul and Bernadette Koch, Manitowoc, Rev. Michael Koch, Oshkosh, Aloysius Koch, Crivitz; four sisters and three brothers-in-law, Patricia Boring, Carpentersville, Ill., Mary Jane and Eddie Geiger, Kaukauna, Carol and Earl Martin, Two Rivers, Dorothy and Tom Rappley, Two Rivers; nine grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; four step-great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by three sisters.

Friends may call at Deja and Martin Funeral Chapels, Two Rivers, from 5-8 p.m. Thursday evening and at church Friday morning after 9:30 a.m. A prayer service will be held at 7 p.m. tonight led by Father Mike.

Memorials would be appreciated to the Francis Creek Lions Club.

Herald Times Reporter, Manitowoc, WI., December 12, 1996 pg. A2

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ELMER J. KOCH
(1914 - 1996)

Elmer J. Koch, age 82, of 2916 Shoto Road, Two Rivers, died Tuesday evening, December 10, 1996, at Bellin Hospital, Green Bay.

Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, December 13, 1996, at St. Anne Catholic Church, Francis Creek. Rev. Michael Koch will officiate at the Mass of Christian Burial with burial in St. Anne Parish Cemetery, Francis Creek.

He was born April 6, 1914, in Mishicot, son of the late Albert and Anna Drasner Koch. He attended Holy Cross Parochial School, Mishicot, and Mishicot High School where he was a star basketball player. On November 22, 1938, he married the former Lucille Osesek at Manitowoc. The couple operated Chili Bill's for 14 years. Elmer farmed for many years and operated the milk truck business. He was later employed at Manitowoc Engineering, Whitehouse Milk and retired from Burger Boat Company. He was a member of the Francis Creek Lions Club and received the Melvin Jones Fellow Award.

Survivors include his wife, Lucille; a son and daughter-in-law, Leon and Suzanne Koch, Kewaunee; three daughters and sons-in-law, Darlene and Roger Hengel, Two Rivers; Bonnie and Pat Zigmund, Francis Creek, Margie and Tony Sieracki, Clover; four brothers and a sister-in-law, Vincent Koch, Sheboygan, De Paul and Bernadette Koch, Manitowoc, Rev. Michael Koch, Oshkosh, Aloysius Koch, Crivitz; four sisters and three brothers-in-law, Patricia Boring, Carpentersville, Ill., Mary Jane and Eddie Geiger, Kaukauna, Carol and Earl Martin, Two Rivers, Dorothy and Tom Rappley, Two Rivers; nine grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; four step-great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by three sisters.

Friends may call at Deja and Martin Funeral Chapels, Two Rivers, from 5-8 p.m. Thursday evening and at church Friday morning after 9:30 a.m. A prayer service will be held at 7 p.m. tonight led by Father Mike.

Memorials would be appreciated to the Francis Creek Lions Club.

Herald Times Reporter, Manitowoc, WI., December 12, 1996 pg. A2

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