Joseph Koch Descendants: Edward Theodore Koch

Eddie was born 7/6/26 in Ghent, Minnesota, and died of an automobile accident 8/28/73. He married Betty McCabe and they lived the majority of their married life in St. Peter, Minnesota.

Eddie was a pouty child and not well behaved. One cousin remembers visiting when Kate was laying in bed dying, and Eddie was under the table kicking at it and scratching it, being naughty and mischievous. When he was asked to stop, he said, "I can do whatever I want. She can't stop me anyway."

He lived for a short time after his mom died with his uncle John's family on their farm but was an angry, bitter, unhappy child. He later was sent to St. Joseph's Orphanage in St. Paul, MN where he lived about a year, along with his brother Donald. At the age of 14, Mr. Malensky from LeCenter took him from the orphanage to work on his farm. He met his wife Betty there. He later worked at the LeSueur foundry, was a night cartaker at Spoors in St. Peter, and then as a painter with Reichel & Sons. Betty claims he refused to talk about his family and his military service, so she knows very little about either. He was short tempered and rather selfish. Eddie loved to hunt and fish, and did so at every opportunity, while his family sat home with no transportation and were very poor.

Children:
Dennis Edward ME: Married first to Judy Nelson, current wife Sharon Winge Lund Koch
Brian (Nicole): Rifle, CO Children: Ricky, Casi, Josh, Sierra
Mark (div): Mankato, MN Children: Miranda and Ali
Tanya Hagen (div): Henderson, MN Children: Katelyn and Alanna
Erik: not married, Kasota, MN
Greg (div): Mankato, MN Children: Marie, Jon, Susie, Laurie
Gary (div): Mankato, MN Sons Hunter and Tanner
Cheryl Jeff) Peters: Homan, Wisconsin Son Travis John.
Danny (div): Mankato, MN Daughter: Lena