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Children
Evelyn
Marvin
Arlene
Living Daughter
James S.
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Notes:
Easton Express, Monday,
May 25, 1953, Page 30
Robert Koch, 66, Found Dead at Hellertown
Robert J. Koch, 66, was found hanging yesterday morning in the shed
behind the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Paul S.
Barrell, of 547 Main Street, Freemansburg, with whom he had resided.
Northampton County Coroner Martin J. Bechtel investigated and issued
a certificate of suicide.
Mr. Koch, a native of Bethlehem Township, was born March 10, 1887,
a son of the late James E. and Emma Frankenfield Koch. He had resided
at the Barrell home for six years. He was employed for 27 years by
the Bethlehem Steel Company and was a member of Christ Evangelical
Reformed Church, Lower Saucon Township, and Hellertown Castle 112,
Knights of the Golden Eagle.
Surviving in addition to his daughter are two other daughters, Mrs.
Stephen Wentzel, of Bethlehem R.D. 5, and Mrs. Harry E. Strohmeier,
of Trumbauersville; two sons, Marvin T., of Easton R.D.4, and James
S. Koch, of Hellertown; a brother, Loyd D., of Hellertown; a step-brother,
Martin Beck, of Easton; two step sisters, Mrs. Timothy Unangst, of
Bethlehem, and Mrs. Annie Wagner, of Palmerton, and 17 grandchildren.
Services will beheld at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Templeton funeral
home in Hellertown, with interment in Hellertown Union cemetery.
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