Bio: Koch, Rev. Charles (First Sermon - 1952)

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Surnames: Koch

----Source: Greenwood Gleaner (Greenwood, Clark Co., Wis.) (10 Jan 1952)

Koch, Rev. Charles (First Sermon - 6 JAN 1952)

Rev. Charles Koch preached his first sermon Sunday, Jan. 6, as the new pastor of Immanuel West Side and Zion Evangelical and Reformed Churches.

Rev. Koch and family moved into the newly redecorated West Side Parsonage on Wednesday, Jan. 2. Rev. Koch had been pastor of the Zwingli Evangelical and Reformed Church, Rice Lake, Wis., for the past 3 1/2 years. While in Rice Lake he had served as President of the City Ministerial Association, and was secretary of the Northern Lakes Ministerial Association, a district group.

A native of Plymouth, Wis., Rev. Koch was graduated from Mission House Seminary in 1948 and went directly to Rice Lake. He is married and has two children.