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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...
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...
Monday, January 29, 2024
Happy Birthday Merle!
This month we wish staff member Merle Eyer a Happy Birthday!
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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...
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.
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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...
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!