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Thursday, April 30, 2015
Claudia Koch
Age: 66
City: Lamont
Funeral Date
10:30 a.m. Saturday, 5/2, Richardson Funeral Service, Cedar Falls
Funeral Home
Richardson Funeral Service, Cedar Falls
Thursday, April 30, 2015
Claudia Koch
CLAUDIA KOCH
Lamont
Claudia M. Koch, 66, of Lamont, formerly of Cedar Falls, died Tuesday, April 28, 2015, at Cedar Valley Hospice Home, Waterloo.
She was born Dec. 22, 1948, in Cedar Falls, daughter of Richard and Darlene (Blair) Feckers. She married Steve Hatcher in November 1967; they later divorced. She then married Randy Koch on June 26, 2010.
She worked at Eagles grocery store, B & R Meats, Covenant Medical Center, Hub City Brewery in Oelwein and Viafield in Lamont, in addition to being a homemaker.
Surviving are her husband, Randy of Lamont; her mother of Burnsville, Minn.; two daughters, Michelle (Tom) Weaver of Cleveland, Tenn., and Angie (Chuck) Penticoff of Cedar Falls; three stepdaughters, Jennifer (Jon) King of Bernard, Alicia (JJ) Connolly of Epworth and Amanda (Mark) Priebe of Juneau, Wis.; two stepsons, Dustin (Mamie) Koch of Puerto Rico and Christopher (Amanda) Koch of Pensacola, Fla.; five grandchildren; nine stepgrandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two brothers, Bobby Feckers of Sumner and Richard (Kathy) Feckers Jr. of Wyoming, Iowa; a sister, Connie (Frank) Ripka of Apple Valley, Minn.; brother-in-law, Dave (Linda) Koch of Benton, Kan.; and three sisters-in-law, Cindy (Mark) Burlage of Kinross, Amy (Jim) Ries of Hopkinton and Kari (Troy) Burger of Manchester.
She was preceded in death by her father.
Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Richardson Funeral Service, Cedar Falls. Inurnment: at a later date in St. Mary's Cemetery, Lamont. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. Friday and one hour before services at the funeral home.
Memorials may be directed to the family.
Condolences may be left at www.richardson funeralservice.com.
Her wishes will be carried out in the Smoky Mountains.