Ralph Edwin Koch^{[1, 2]}

1895 - 1975  (79 years)

• Name	Ralph Edwin Koch
  Born	16 Feb 1895	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1911	Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1921	Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Well driller
  Residence	1921	Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1961	128 King St. N., Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-53749
  Died	13 Jan 1975  [5]
  Buried	Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I53749	Generations
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Menno Koch,   b. 19 Jul 1870, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1951, West Montrose, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Annie Ritter,   b. 14 Apr 1873, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1966, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 92 years)
  Family ID	F13900	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eleanor Elidia Snyder,   b. 28 Oct 1892, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Jan 1961, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 68 years)
  Children	1. Mildred Lucille Koch,   b. 14 Dec 1920,   d. 12 Nov 2012, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 91 years)   2. Shirley Eleanor Koch,   b. 17 Aug 1923, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Mar 2012, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 88 years)   3. Muriel Pearl Koch   4. Dorothy Koch
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2024
  Family ID	F56028	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  KOCH, Ralph E. -- At St. Mary's Hospital, on Monday, Jan. 13, 1975, after a brief illness Ralph Edwin Koch, of 128 King St. N., Waterloo, age 79 years. Mr. Koch was born in Conestoga; a son of the late Menno Koch and the former Anna Ritter. Mr. Koch was a resident of the Twin City area all his life; he farmed near Winterbourne, operated a well drilling company and founded and operated Koch Milling Company located on Queen St. S. in Kitchener until it was sold and is now known as the Kissner Milling Company. He was predeceased by his wife the former Eleanor Snyder in 1961; by two sisters, Mrs. Alberta Donnely and Erma Koch; surviving are four daughters, Mildred (Mrs. Howard Snyder), Shirley (Mrs. Roy Weber), both of Kitchener, Muriel (Mrs. Eric Misch) and Dorothy, Mrs. Robert Ruggle), both of Waterloo; four sisters, Pearl (Mrs H.K. Kalbfleisch) of London, Ont., Clara (Mrs. Frank Moralt) of Elgin Ill, Mrs. Alma Bergman and Edna (Mrs. William Asmussen), both of Kitchener; by five brothers Wilfred of Waterloo, Fred of Hamilton, Marshal of Wasaga Beach, Kenneth of Kincardine and Hary of California; five grandchildren also survive, Elizabeth Snyder, Mrs. Susan Callan, Philip and Mark Weber, and Robbie Ruggie. Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, after 7 p.m. tonight; funeral service in the chapel Thursday at 2 p.m., with Rev. C. E. Hunking and Rev. Arthur Walsh officiating. Interment Woodland cemetery Kitchener. The Kitchener-Waterloo Record 14 Jan 1975

  
  

• Sources

  [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Menno Koch. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Anna Ritter - Koch. [S148] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1901, Woolwich F-2 page 2. [S214] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1911, Division 2 (Bloomingdale) Page 8. [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of Ralph E. Koch - 14 Jan 1975. [S2088] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1921, BloomingdalePage 9.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 16 Feb 1895 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Well driller - 1921 - Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1921 - Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth