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EDGAR J. KOCH
Mr. Speaker: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character, and public service of the late Honorable Edgar J. Koch begs leave to submit the following Memorial:
Edgar J. Koch was born October 11, 1925 in Charter Oak, Iowa. In 1947 he married Darlene M. Koch and they had two sons and three daughters.
Mr. Koch served in the United States Navy from 1943 through 1946; was in the U.S. Naval Reserve in Sioux City, Iowa, as commanding officer of the Sioux City Naval Reserve Surface Division 9-58; was the owner and operator of Koch Insurance, Real Estate and Tax Service; was a member of the First Lutheran Church, Sioux City; the Sertoma Club; Masons; Shrine; American Legion; and Navy League of the United States.
A Republican, Mr. Koch represented Woodbury County during the Sixty second and Sixty-third General Assemblies.
Edgar J. Koch died October 5, 1988. He is survived by his wife, Darlene of Sioux City; his sons, Gerald of Sioux City, and Robert of Grand Prairie, Texas; his daughters, Mrs. Michael (Diana) Havenstrite of Cedar Falls, Iowa; Mrs. James (LuAnn) Galvin of Phoenix, Arizona; and Mrs. Robert (Karla) Roupe of Crowley, Texas; his father, Edgar H. Koch of Sioux City, Iowa; three brothers, Donald of Sioux City, Iowa; Gary of Perkasie, Pennsylvania; and Richard of Richardson, Texas; a sister, Marilyn Pratt of Sioux City, Iowa; and seven grandchildren.
Now Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Seventy-third General Assembly of Iowa, That in the passing of the Honorable Edgar J. Koch, the State has lost an honored citizen and a faithful and useful public servant, and the House by this Resolution would express its appreciation of his service.
Be It Further Resolved, That a copy of this Resolution be spread upon the Journal of the House, and that the Chief Clerk be directed to forward an enrolled copy to the family of the deceased.
DON SHONING
STEVEN HANSEN
MICHAEL PETERS
Committee