Barbara L. Koch 1927
Barbara L. Koch 1927 - 2021 In Loving and Grateful Memory of a Faithful Wife and Mother Barbara L. Koch began life August 3, 1927, in Portland, the youngest child of Grace Mick and Charles (Ogden) Staley, separating her siblings by 15 years: the eldest sister, Mary, and twins, James and Francis. She married Fred Koch Jr. in 1948, and they were married for 71 years, until his passing on July 27, 2020. The couple bore two children, son Malcolm, born August 21, 1950, and a daughter, Grace Ann, born June 20, 1953. Barbara became the classic, stay-at-home, post-war mother, gracious and kind to a...