Bio of KOCH, Dr. Carel C. (b.1895), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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Vol. II, pg 233-234
CAREL C. KOCH, OPT. D.
One of the most successful optometrists in Minneapolis is Dr. Carel C. Koch,
with offices in the Powers building. He was born in Norwood, Minnesota on the
23d of November, 1895, a son of Dr. John and Lilly L. (Ette) Koch. John Koch was
born in Zevenaar, Holland, and came to this country at the age of eighteen
years. Locating in Minneapolis, he enrolled in the University of Minnesota for
the completion of his medical education, and was graduated in 1885, with the M.
D. degree. He immediately located in Norwood for the practice of his chosen
profession and remained there twelve years, during which time he enjoyed an
extensive and important patronage and won a reputation as a distinguished
physician and surgeon. Later he came to Minneapolis and practiced here until his
demise, at the age of forty years. Mrs. Koch was a member of a prominent family
of St. Louis, Missouri. Her father, Christian Ette, was a successful contractor
and served throughout the Civil war. He died in his eighty-ninth year, highly
respected and esteemed.
In the acquirement of his early education Carel C. Koch attended the public
schools of St. Louis, Missouri, and subsequently enrolled in the De Mars
Institute of Optometry, from which he was graduated in 1917, after a three
years' course. He then came to Minneapolis and passed the state board
examination in optometry, with honors. Subsequently he established offices in
the Powers building, which he has since maintained. He has built up an extensive
and important practice and has attained a position of prominence among the
foremost optometrists in the country. Aside from his private practice he is in
charge of the Powers House Clinical Service, for the benefit of employes of that
company.
In Minneapolis, on the 17th of July, 1918, was celebrated the marriage of Dr.
Koch and Miss Alice Gertrude Torrey, a daughter of John Torrey, a prominent
resident of this city. To their union two children have been born: Mary Lilly,
three years of age; and Carel C., Jr., one year old. Mrs. Koch is a woman of
culture and refinement and she is prominent in club and social circles.
Although Dr. Koch is a stanch supporter of the republican party he has never
sought nor desired political preferment. He is, however, essentially
public-spirited and has contributed in a marked degree to the development of
this section of the state. His religious faith is that of the Universalist
church and fraternally he is identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of
Elks, holding membership in Lodge No. 44. Socially he is connected with the
Minneapolis Athletic Club and the Minneapolis Exchange Club. Along the line of
his profession Dr. Koch has wide and varied connections, being a member of the
Minneapolis Association of Optometrists, of which organization he is now
president; of the Minnesota State Association of Optometrists; the American
Optometrical Association; and he is a fellow, by examination, of the American
Academy of Optometry, of which organization he is secretary and treasurer.
During the World war the Doctor gave generously of his time and money in the
furtherance of the government's interests and served in the Medical Corps of the
United States army.