January 13, 1998

NORMAN KOCH

Norman C. Koch, 87, of Missouri Veterans Home died Sunday, Jan. 11, 1998, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born May 1, 1910, in Cape Girardeau, son of Louis and Clara Rose Meinz Koch. He and Sylvia Cooper were married Feb. 2, 1935, in Mounds, Ill. She died Nov. 3, 1995...

Norman C. Koch, 87, of Missouri Veterans Home died Sunday, Jan. 11, 1998, at St. Francis Medical Center.

He was born May 1, 1910, in Cape Girardeau, son of Louis and Clara Rose Meinz Koch. He and Sylvia Cooper were married Feb. 2, 1935, in Mounds, Ill. She died Nov. 3, 1995.

Koch was manager of the paint department at Montgomery Ward in Cape Girardeau, retiring in 1970. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church. He served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II.

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Survivors include a brother, Paul Koch of Cape Girardeau.

He was preceded in death by two brothers and three sisters.

Friends may call at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel from 6-8 p.m. today.

Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the chapel, with the Rev. David Dissen officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park.

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