Aspen Community Theatre (ACT) is gearing up for its production of “Once Upon A Mattress,” a modern interpretation of “The Princess and The Pea” that opens Oct. 27 at the Wheeler Opera House. “Once Upon.
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Longtime Aspen resident and former city clerk Kathryn Koch died on Friday peacefully at home with hospice care. She was 74.
Koch served as Aspen’s city clerk from 1974 until she retired in 2014. She also volunteered her time for decades in the community, whether it was sitting on the board that issues grants to nonprofits and arts culture organizations, or supporting Aspen Music Festival, helping with costumes for Aspen Community Theater, or serving as an election judge after retirement.
And when she was not volunteering, Koch was an avid traveler, reader, knitter, sewer, moviegoer and active grandmother to her three grandchildren.