Euretha Dorothy Koch

      COLUMBUS JUNCTION - Euretha Dorothy Koch, 87, of Columbus Junction, died Thursday, Sept. 2, 2004, at Colonial Manor Care Center in Columbus Junction, following a brief illness.

      Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, September 5, at Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home in Columbus Junction, with the Rev. Chris Hinkle officiating. Burial will be at Florida Cemetery in Florida, Ohio.Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. A memorial has been established at the funeral home for St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Florida, Ohio, Faith Lutheran Church in Mt. Pleasant, and St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Wapello.

      Mrs. Koch was born Dec. 13, 1916, in Florida, Ohio, the daughter of Otto and Helen (Bockelman) Meyer. On Nov. 6, 1940, she married Rev. Alton R. Koch in Florida, Ohio.