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- Paul Leo Koch, 80, passed away Saturday April 8, 1967 at home with his loving family at his side. He was born January 10, 1887 in Kaukauna, WI to the late Joseph and Magdalena (Schroeder) Koch. Paul enjoyed hunting, fishing, and loved baseball. On June 6, 1911 he married Edith Hetzer and together they had a son Howard. Edith died at a young age and Paul moved out west for a couple of years. He returned to Wisconsin and stayed with his brother John in Shawano and met his wife to be Verna Frank. He worked at the Wolf River Paper Mill. On April 6, 1917, the USA declared war on Germany and Paul enlisted on April 9th in the National Guard where he became a Corporal. He was badly wounded on July 29, 1918 and returned to Shawano in 1919. Paul and Verna Frank married on June 25,1919 and he proceded to go to the Wausau Business College from 1919 to 1920. The family then moved to Tomahawk, WI until 1925 when they moved to Los Angeles, CA where Verna's family lived. There he worked at Pacific Clay Products. They spent 25 years together before Verna passed away Dec. 15, 1945. He met Mary Boivin in 1950 at church and they married on April 21, 1951. He always had numerous hobbies. Paul belonged to the Knights of Columbus. He is survied by his wife Mary (Boivin) Koch; daughter Gertrude (Leo) Brug; sons Leo Koch, Wesley Koch, and Howard (Koch) Dunkel; and 4 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents Joseph and Magdalena (Schroeder) Koch, his first wife Edith (Hetzer) Koch, his second wife Verna (Frank) Koch, and his stepdaughter Aline (Boivin)Holcomb.
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1887 - 1967 (80 years)
