Obiutary: KOCH, Peter,  Wet Mountain Tribune, February 14, 1941
http://ftp.usgwarchives.org/pub/co/freemont/obits/kochp.txt

Donated by: Ann Koch Leibldkoch@aol.com 
Oct 22, 2001
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Services for Pioneer Resident of County

Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the Community Church for Peter
Koch, 81, pioneer Custer and Fremont County resident, who died at his home near
Hillside last Saturday after a prolonged illness.  Mr. Koch had been in poor
health for the past year.

Born in Germany March 17, 1859, he came to this country with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Frederic[k] Koch, when he was but a year old.  The family lived in
Chicago until 1870, when they moved to Canon City with the [German] colony,
remaining there for a number of years before moving to Hillside, where they
engaged in farming and ranching.

Mr. Koch was married to Miss Lena Knuth on August 14, 1881, and to this union
were born five sons and five daughters.  The family resided at Hillside until
1912, when they moved to Canon City, remaining there until 1925, when they
returned to the ranch at Hillside.

Besides his wife, five daughters, Mrs. Lucie [Lucy] Shea of Ormiston, Sask.,
Canada; Mrs. Lena Evans and Mrs. Hattie Wilson of Los Angeles, Calif.; Mrs.
Mollie Berry and Mrs. Anna Caughman of Hillside; and four sons, Louis Koch of
Westcliffe, and William, Fred and Helmuth Koch of Hillside, survive him [all now
deceased].  One son, John, preceded his father in death some 38 years ago. 
Twenty grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren also survive, as well as a
host of friends.

Obsequies were conducted by Rev. Geo. W. Ellis, with the Menzel Funeral Home in
charge.  Interment was in Ula cemetery.
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