Lois Naomi Koch

Lois Naomi Koch was born December 30, 1920, to Chester and Hazel Leaf Snell in Marshalltown, Iowa. She grew up in Marshalltown and graduated from Marshalltown High School. On December 21, 1941, she wed Donald Koch in Marshalltown, IA. The couple moved to the Glenville area in February of 1951, where they farmed. Lois was a housewife and helped her husband with the books for his seed corn business for Funk and AgriPro, also for McNess feeds and household products. She was a member of the Church of Christ in Austin, and member of the Church Ladies Aid, Farm Bureau, Riverside Neighborhood club, and PTA at school. Lois enjoyed playing piano and organ also playing games. Survivors include her husband Donald; sons, Ronald Becky Koch of Littleton, CO, and Robert Carla Koch of Glenville; grandchildren, Rachel Jim Waterman of Bozeman, MT, and Bradley Koch and fiancee, Moriah Bain of Ft. Collins, CO; great-granddaughter Kalli Waterman; brothers-in-law, Loyd Darner of Yucca Valley, CA, and Howard Gallentine of New Richland; sisters-in-law, Darlene Ray Cannon of Cedar Falls, IA, and Connie Koch of Glenville; and many nieces and nephews. Lois was preceded in death by her parents, sisters, Ruth Lawrence and Louise Darner; sister-in-law, Shirley Gallentine, and brother-in-law, Kenneth Koch.