Otto F. Koch

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Husband Otto F. Koch ¹

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         Father: Louis Koch (      -      ) 1
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General Notes: Husband - Otto F. Koch

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He had been trained as a funeral director by his father, under whom he also learned the furniture business. The year 1887 marked his advent in Bradford, Pennsylvania, where he promptly entered business for himself. He soon established a reputation for fair dealing and sympathetic handling of all the details of his business. He prospered as an undertaker and for a time also conducted an art shop in conjunction with his undertaking parlors. A few years later he built a modern building at 139-41 Mechanic Street, Bradford. With the continued growth of the business, he brought his brother, Louis E. Koch, from New York state to become his assistant. Approximately ten years later, in 1907, the two brothers formed a partnership and Otto began to devote most of his time to other interests, leaving Louis E. Koch to manage the business of the partnership. This firm was known as Koch Brothers and was so continued until 1921, when it was incorporated as the Koch Mortuary, Inc., with Louis E. Koch as president.

1 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 442.