Fremont County CoArchives Obituaries.....Koch, Elizabeth (Mrs.) January 26, 1913
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Canon City Record, January 30, 1913
Mrs. Elizabeth Koch Died Sunday Afternoon

Mrs. Elizabeth Koch, widow of the late Frederick Koch and one of the pioneers of
Custer county, died here at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon [January 26, 1913] from
paralysis after an illness of a month or six weeks' duration.  Deceased was a
native of Germany and with her husband came to Colorado with the German colony
from Chicago, under General Wulsten, in the spring of 1870 and settled in the
Wet Mountain valley.  She was born in March, 1833, consequently was nearly
eighty years of age.  Since the death of her husband, which occurred in December
1901, Mrs. Koch has made her home here and with her sons in Custer county.  

She came to Canon City [Fremont County] at the time of the death of the late Dr.
E. C. Baldwin of Westcliffe early last month and was shortly after stricken with
paralysis at the home of her son, Peter Koch, on Nineteenth Street.  Recently
she was taken to the hospital for treatment and a week or ten days ago sustained
a second stroke of paralysis, from the effects of which she never rallied.  She
leaves four sons, all of whom are married and have families of their own.  They
are Conrad [1857-1940], Peter, [1859-1941], Fred [1861-1933], and Gustav
[August, 1866-1941] and all are residents of Custer county, except Peter, whose
home is in this city.  Mr. and Mrs. Koch made their home here for a number of
years and owned considerable property here.  Last Friday her three sons came
down from the Wet Mountain valley to see her but she was unable to recognize
them.  

The funeral will take place from Wilson's undertaking chapel at 10 o'clock
Tuesday morning after which the remains of the deceased will be interred beside
the grave of her husband in Greenwood cemetery.  Friends of the family invited
to the obsequies.

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