Husband Louis E. Koch 1
AKA: Lewis E. Koch 2
Born: 2 Jan 1881 - Dunkirk, Chautauqua Co, NY 1
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Father: Louis Koch ( - ) 1
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Marriage: 1 Jun 1910 2
• Additional Image: Louis E. Koch.
Wife Ethel May Clark 2
AKA: Ethel C. Clark 1
Born: 10 Aug 1884 - Bradford, McKean Co, PA 2
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Father: Thomas Baker Clark (1839-1907) 3 4
Mother: Ada Lucinda Knapp (1856- ) 2 4
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1 F Martha Louise Koch 2
Born: 14 Jan 1912 2
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Spouse: Russell J. Carson ( - ) 1
2 F Barbara C. Koch 1
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General Notes: Husband - Louis E. Koch
He received his general education in the public schools of Dunkirk, Chautauqua County, New York, was trained as an undertaker and embalmer by his father and, in 1898, when he was seventeen years old, came to Bradford, Pennsylvania, to join his brother, Otto F. Koch, already an established funeral director in that section. His brother, Otto F. Koch, 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, where he promptly entered business for himself. Otto F. Koch 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 Koch 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. He was a prominent member of the National Select Morticians' Association. His connections at Bradford outside the realm of business were numerous. Fraternally, Mr. Koch was active in the Masonic Order, in which he was affiliated with Union Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and all higher bodies of both York and Scottish Rites, including Bradford Royal Arch Chapter; Bradford Commandery of the Knights Templar; Coudersport Consistory of the Scottish Rite, in which he has taken the thirty-second degree; as well as Zem Zem Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine at Erie, Pennsylvania. Mr. Koch was also affiliated with Bradford Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, was a trustee of Tuna Lodge, No. 411, one of the board of managers of Carnegie Public Library, and a charter member of the Bradford Rotary Club. He belonged to the First Presbyterian Church of that city.
General Notes: Wife - Ethel May Clark
She was educated in the schools of Bradford, McKean County, Pennsylvania; Lasell Seminary, Auburndale, and Rogers Hall School, Lowell, Massachusetts.