This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#268668) Mary Koch <http://iagenweb.org/boards/louisa/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=268668> AUTHOR: Mari Nielsen - DATE: 3/3/2010 at 19:54:54 Surnames: KOCH,JOHNSON,WLEKLINSKI,BREON MARY KOCH Mary Lucille Koch, 71, died Thursday, Jan. 7, 1993 at her home, 2815 Houser St. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 10, at the Geo. M. Wittich-Lewis Funeral Home. Father Walter Helms of St. Mary’s Catholic Church will officiate. Burial will be at the Muscatine Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Mrs. Koch was born Aug. 10, 1920 at Superior, Wis., a daughter of Harry and Luella Johnson. She married Harry E. Koch on July 20, 1946 in Chicago, Ill. She was a member of the St. Mary’s Catholic Church and was a World War II veteran with a rank of 2nd Lieutenant. She was previously active in the American Cancer Society. After 18 years of employment, she retired as a registered nurse from Muscatine General Hospital. Survivors include her husband, Harry; one son, Harry E. Koch Jr., of Westerville, Ohio; tow daughters, Mrs. Craig (Candy) Wleklinski, of Palatine, Ill. and Mrs. Rick (Peggy) Breon of Iowa City; nine grandchildren, Michael and Mark Breon, Sara, Emily, Parker and Hubble Koch, and Ryan, Jason, and Dana Wlekinski. She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Edward Johnson. Source: newspaper clipping with handwritten death date of January 7, 1993