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Larry Koch

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Larry Koch

Birth
Lake Preston, Kingsbury County, South Dakota, USA
Death
7 Mar 2007 (aged 65)
Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, USA
Burial
Mitchell, Davison County, South Dakota, USA Add to Map
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Larry Koch, age 65, of Mitchell, died March 7, 2007, at the Avera Heart Hospital in Sioux Falls.

Funeral services will be held on Monday, March 12, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Mitchell. Visitation at the Will Funeral Chapel. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery.

Larry Koch, son of Clair and Verna (Dahl) Koch, was born November 18, 1941 in on a farm south of Lake Preston. He attended country school in the Lake Preston, SD area and later graduated from Lake Preston High School in 1959. Larry attended college at South Dakota State University in Brooking, SD and then Huron University in Huron. After his schooling, Larry farmed with his father.

Larry was united in marriage with Janice Stewart on December 10, 1963 in Pipestone, MN. The couple farmed near Hetland, SD, later moving to Minnesota. The couple then returned to Lake Preston, SD, and then moved to Spencer, IA in 1972. In 1979 they made their home in Mitchell, SD. Larry was currently employed as an insurance producer for Avera Select.

Larry was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church and the Moose Lodge. He enjoyed golfing, playing baseball and fast pitch softball, hunting and camping in earlier years. Larry was very involved with his grandchildren and attended all of their activities. He coached youth athletics for several years. Larry also announced the South Dakota State Amateur Baseball Tournament.

Grateful for having shared his life are his wife, Janice Koch, Mitchell, SD; two children, Steve Koch and his wife, Maureen, Mitchell, SD, Shawn Miles and her husband, Jim, Mitchell, SD; four grandchildren, Cody and his girlfriend Jamie Bortnem; Dillon, Shannen and Shauna; his mother, Verna Koch, Lake Preston, SD; two brothers, Gary Koch and his wife, Pat, Florida, Bruce Koch and his wife, Pat, Florida; one sister, Kay Anderson and her husband, Ronald, Lake Preston, SD; his mother-in-law, Nellie Stewart, Lake Preston, SD.

He was preceded in death by his son, Shane in 1981; his father, and his father-in-law.
Larry Koch, age 65, of Mitchell, died March 7, 2007, at the Avera Heart Hospital in Sioux Falls.

Funeral services will be held on Monday, March 12, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Mitchell. Visitation at the Will Funeral Chapel. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery.

Larry Koch, son of Clair and Verna (Dahl) Koch, was born November 18, 1941 in on a farm south of Lake Preston. He attended country school in the Lake Preston, SD area and later graduated from Lake Preston High School in 1959. Larry attended college at South Dakota State University in Brooking, SD and then Huron University in Huron. After his schooling, Larry farmed with his father.

Larry was united in marriage with Janice Stewart on December 10, 1963 in Pipestone, MN. The couple farmed near Hetland, SD, later moving to Minnesota. The couple then returned to Lake Preston, SD, and then moved to Spencer, IA in 1972. In 1979 they made their home in Mitchell, SD. Larry was currently employed as an insurance producer for Avera Select.

Larry was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church and the Moose Lodge. He enjoyed golfing, playing baseball and fast pitch softball, hunting and camping in earlier years. Larry was very involved with his grandchildren and attended all of their activities. He coached youth athletics for several years. Larry also announced the South Dakota State Amateur Baseball Tournament.

Grateful for having shared his life are his wife, Janice Koch, Mitchell, SD; two children, Steve Koch and his wife, Maureen, Mitchell, SD, Shawn Miles and her husband, Jim, Mitchell, SD; four grandchildren, Cody and his girlfriend Jamie Bortnem; Dillon, Shannen and Shauna; his mother, Verna Koch, Lake Preston, SD; two brothers, Gary Koch and his wife, Pat, Florida, Bruce Koch and his wife, Pat, Florida; one sister, Kay Anderson and her husband, Ronald, Lake Preston, SD; his mother-in-law, Nellie Stewart, Lake Preston, SD.

He was preceded in death by his son, Shane in 1981; his father, and his father-in-law.


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