LINUS PETER KOCH, 88, of Earling (& formerly of Panama), died Sunday, Nov. 20th, at Myrtue Medical Center, in Harlan. A Mass of Christian Burial for LINUS KOCH will be held 10:30-a.m. Wed., Nov.23rd, at St. Mary’s of the Assumption, in Panama. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.

Visitation at St. Mary’s Parish Center in Panama, is from 5-until 9-pm Tue., Nov. 22nd, with the family present from 6-until 8-p.m., and a Rosary at 7-p.m.

Burial will be at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Panama.

LINUS KOCH is survived by:

His sons – Roger (Marion) Koch, of St. Louis, MO; Glen (Elaine) Koch, of Sioux Falls, SD, and Timothy (Barbara) Koch, of Albert City.

His daughters – Mary Ann (John, Jr.) Wendt, of Panama, & Margaret (Gary) Schroeder, of Essex.

His brothers – Charles (Geraldine) Koch, and Rev. Eugen Koch, all of Des Moines; Rev. Paul Koch, of Council Bluffs, and Walter (Elaine) Koch, of Benton, IA.

His sister – Mary Agnes (LeRoy) Lampe, of Omaha.

13 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, 3 step-grandchildren, 8 step great-grandchildren, his sisters-in-law, and Special Friends Judy & Erv Poore and family, of Woodbine.