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Gertrude May Bohrer Koch

11 Feb 1883 – 5 Nov 1961

Birth	11 Feb 1883
Death	5 Nov 1961
Cemetery	Nelson Cemetery Nelson , Nuckolls County , Nebraska , USA
Added by	Peggy Bargen Duey on 18 May 2008
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20247074

Bio

Funeral services for Mrs. Gertrude Roby Koch, 78, of Denver were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Klawitter Funeral Chapel here. She died suddenly Sunday evening at Geneva, where she had been brought two days earlier to be near her daughter, Mrs. Edith Bixby. Mrs. Koch was born at Red Cloud Feb. 11, 1883. For many years she was associated with her husband John Walter Roby, in the operation of a furniture and funeral service business in Nelson. Mr. Roby died June 23, 1922 and she left Nelson in 1928 following the sale of their business. Since that time Mrs. Koch had made her home in St. Joseph, Mo., and Denver. She was a member of the Eastern Star in Nelson. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Bixby and Mrs. Don McCashland of Eugene, Ore.; two sons, John Roby of Lincoln and James Roby, who is with the Air Force stationed in Germany; two step-daughters and one step-son. Mr. Koch died five years ago. The Rev. Mr. I.L. Belden of the Nelson Methodist Church officiated at the Wednesday services. Graveside services in the Nelson cemetery (sic) were conducted by the Eastern Star Lodge. The Nelson Gazette, Thursday, November 9, 1961

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Family

Parents

• William Trimble Bohrer 1862–1944
• Lilya Frances Kimsey Bohrer 1866–1961

Spouse

• John Walter Roby 1874–1922
• John Clarence Koch 1886–1956

Siblings

• Walter L Bohrer 1888–1946
• Thomas Merle Bohrer 1892–1947

Children

• Velma Adalene Roby Swails 1902–1930
• Minnie Edith Roby Bixby 1904–1975
• Jessie W. Roby McCashland 1908–1989
• John W Roby 1910–1991
• James William Roby 1916–1971

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