Aug. 4, 1918 - Feb. 25, 2008
DATELINE -- Adeline Koch, 89, of Montevideo died Monday at the Luther Haven Nursing Home.
The service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Montevideo. Burial will be at the Sunset Memorial Cemetery.
Visitation will be Thursday afternoon and evening with the family present from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Anderson Funeral Home in Montevideo.
She was born August 4, 1918 in Minnesota Falls to Henry and Anna (Stenseng) Erickson.
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She graduated from Hanley Falls High School and attended Augsburg College in Minneapolis.
She married Herman Koch on June 8, 1941, near Hanley Falls.
While Herman served in the U.S. Army they lived in Oklahoma, Florida and Colorado. Following his discharge they lived for a short time in Shakopee and Jordan before moving to Montevideo.
Adeline was a long-time member of Our Saviors Lutheran Church and was in the Elizabeth Circle.
She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary for 57 years.
Adeline is survived by her husband; two children: Dianne (and Gary) Bourne of Deephaven and David (and Kathy) Koch of Bloomington; five grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by two brothers and four sisters, one in infancy.
