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February 2 - Groundhog Day!

Happy Groundhog Day!
By Dar Bellissimo
In News
Friday, February 2, 2024

2024 - January - CDT - Learning to Live: What's Your Story? - Grief as a Funeral Director

Grief as a Funeral Director Ten years ago, on February 1, 2014, my wife Margie died. We were married for 50 years and eight months, and I still think of her every day. I always have a picture of h...
By F. Glenn Fleming
Wednesday, January 31, 2024

January 29 2024

We’ll close this month’s posts with a poem by Jocelyn Soriano that speaks to how we run on empty – because we don’t let go of love!  We do not really let go of love;  We hold on to it. W...
By Jackie Naginey Hook
Monday, January 29, 2024

January 27 - Holocaust Remembrance Day

By Dar Bellissimo
In News
Saturday, January 27, 2024

Happy Birthday Merle!

This month we wish staff member Merle Eyer a Happy Birthday! 
By Dar Bellissimo
In News
Friday, January 26, 2024

2024 - January - Gazette - Love Your Heart

Love Your Heart Children can be great role models for adults, in all kinds of ways. For example, when it comes to the grief journey, I have a special place in my heart for the funeral and memorial...
By Jackie Naginey Hook
Thursday, January 25, 2024

Way to Go Calvin!

Join our staff in congratulating Calvin, one of our funeral home assistants, for pursuing a career as a funeral director to help families during difficult times.
By Dar Bellissimo
In News
Wednesday, January 24, 2024

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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!