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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...
Monday, September 18, 2023
September 15 - Rosh Hashanah
For those of you celebrating, we wish you a meaningful Rosh Hashanah!
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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...
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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...
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.
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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...
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.
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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...
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!