Obit: Koch, Orin R. (1933 - 2014)

Contact: Robert Lipprandt
bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Davis, Franke, Kennedy, Koch, Sumner, White, Wicks

----Source: The Star News (Medford, WI) 2/06/2014

Koch, Orin R. (7 OCT 1933 - 29 JAN 2014)

Orin R. Koch, 80, Hopkinsville, Ky., died on Wednesday, Jan. 29 at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah, Ky.

Funeral services were held on Monday, Feb. 3 at St. Michael The Archangel Catholic Church in Oak Grove, KY, with Rev. David Kennedy officiating. Burial with full military honors was at Kentucky Veterans Cemetery-West.

Hughart and Beard Funeral Home of Hopkinsville assisted the family with arrangements.

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----Source: The Hughart & Beard Funeral Home (Hopkinsville, KY) Online obituary

Orin R. Koch, age 80 of Hopkinsville, died at 3:25 a.m. Wednesday, January 29, 2014 at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah of natural causes.

Funeral Mass will be 11:30 a.m. Monday, February 3, 2014 at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church in Oak Grove, with Father David Kennedy officiating. Burial will follow in Kentucky Veterans Cemetery West. Hughart & Beard Funeral Home in Hopkinsville in charge of arrangements.

A native of Stetsonville, Wisconsin, he was born October 7, 1933, the son of the late Otto and Matilda Koch. He was a member of St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church. He was a retired 1st Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was a life-time member of the VFW Post 1913, and a member of the 187 Rakkasan Infantry Regimen of the 101st Airborne Division.

Survivors include his wife, Virginia (Franke) Koch; 2 sons, Dean Koch (Edith) of Hopkinsville and Dan Koch (Susan) of LaFayette, Georgia; 5 grandchildren, Shannon Wicks, Sheena Koch, Brooke Sumner, Stevi White and Jamie Davis; 8 great-grandchildren, Ryan Wells, Hannah Wells, Alexis Sumner, Hannah Sumner, Gavin White, Ayden Davis, Gage White and Kindle White.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital , PO Box 1000, Dept. 142, Memphis, TN 38101.