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September 18 2023

Author Terry Patten wrote, “In truth, the heart must crack open if the soul is to become free. And you simply cannot think your way into that.” Loss cracks our hearts open and grieving is how we he...
By Jackie Naginey Hook
Monday, September 18, 2023

September 15 - Rosh Hashanah

For those of you celebrating, we wish you a meaningful Rosh Hashanah!
By Dar Bellissimo
In News
Friday, September 15, 2023

110 Years Serving Our Community!

Happy 110th Anniversary Koch Funeral Home! Koch Funeral Home has been serving the Centre Region for a century plus a decade, and F. Glenn Fleming has been at the helm for 50 of those years! Startin...
By Dar Bellissimo
In News
Friday, September 15, 2023

November 14 - ACAP - Choosing & Using Services in Your Community: The Centre County Office Aging Can Help

ACAP is holding the event "Choosing & Using Services in Your Community: The Centre County Office of Aging Can Help." It will be online or in-person at the Centre Region Active Adult Center loca...
By Dar Bellissimo
Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Rest in Peace Judy Pleskonko

We mourn the tragic death of Chief Deputy Coroner Judy Pleskonko and send our thoughts and prayers to her family. Judy will be missed by all here at Koch Funeral Home.  
By Dar Bellissimo
In News
Tuesday, September 12, 2023

September 11 2023

It’s impossible for me to see today’s date and not think about the horrific events that happened on this day in 2001. My family and I were living in Yardley, Pennsylvania, at the time and my husban...
By Jackie Naginey Hook
Monday, September 11, 2023

September 11 - Remembering 911

We hope you took a moment of silence to remember and honor the lives lost on the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
By Dar Bellissimo
In News
Monday, September 11, 2023

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2024 - March - CDT - Helping Hands - A Walk with Grief

A Walk with Grief I’ve become keenly aware of the dual process model of grief lately. This model involves oscillation between loss-oriented and restoration-oriented responses to grief. Sometimes a...

In Honor of Funeral Directors Recognition Day ...

All of the Funeral Directors at Koch Funeral Home, take pride in serving our community!

2024 - March - Gazette - Dad, Death, Daffodils, Ducks, Cardinals, and Comfort

Dad, Death, Daffodils, Ducks, Cardinals, and Comfort ... My 93-year-old dad died on Tuesday, March 12, 2024. When I left you in my February column, he was working hard to get his strength back aft...

Wednesdays, April 24, 2024 - A Walk with Grief

Koch Funeral Home has Partnered with Centre Region Parks & Recreation. A Walk with Grief is not an exercise program but instead a time of coming together with others who are grieving a loss an...

Preplanning Services

Our personalized funeral planning guide is a resource for you when preplanning and/or planning a funeral or memorial service. With help from experts in our area, this guide is a compilation of impo...

In Honor of Funeral Directors Recognition Day ...

Thank you Calvin for serving our community!

March is ... Town & Gown - Heart of the Community Publication

We our proud to honor the men and women in our community and on our staff. Be sure to see them featured in Town & Gown - Heart of the Community!