November 14, 1897-July 11, 1938
MRS. FRED KOCHER, 40, IS STRICKEN
Dies Today at Pawating; Plans for Funeral Incomplete
Dies Today at Pawating; Plans for Funeral Incomplete
Mrs. Mary Kocher, 40, wife of Fred Kocher, 1618 Michigan street, a life-long resident of Niles, died at 12:30 o'clock this afternoon in Pawating hospital.
Survivors include her husband, Fred Kocher, whom she married July 25, 1915, in Cassopolis, and five daughters--Margaret, Dorothy, Ruth, Phyllis, and Donna Mae, all at home.
Others are her mother, Mrs. Mary Goldfuss, Niles; two brothers, George Goldfuss, Niles, and Frank Goldfuss, Elkhart; two sisters, Mrs. Mabel Williams and Mrs. Irene Jarue, Niles; three stepbrothers, Henry Kaiser and Fred Goldfuss, Niles, and Clyde Goldfuss, Canton, O., and a stepsister, Mrs. Nora Dodd, Chicago.
Mrs. Kocher was born Nov., 14, 1897. A son, Fred, Jr. died Aug. 30, 1937.
Friends may call at the Rutherford funeral home tonight and at the Kocher home from Tuesday afternoon. Services arrangements are incomplete.
(Source: Niles Daily Star, Monday, July 11, 1938, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library)