Obituary of Glen Koch

KOCH Glen H. died on Saturday, March 24, 2012. Born in Hackensack, he grew up in Maywood and had been a resident of Saddle River for 22 years. Glen attended Bergen Community College and the University of Oklahoma. He was a retired U.S. Postal Supervisor and a parishioner of St. Gabriel's R.C. Church of Saddle River. Glen enjoyed parachuting, parasailing, water skiing and jet skiing. He was an avid car enthusiast who collected race cars and classic automobiles. He established the Saddle River Offshore Racing Team. Glen was especially dedicated to helping his daughter Katherine achieve her adult black belt in Tae Kwon Do. Glen's heritage includes membership in the Raven Moieties of the Tlingit Tribe of Alaska. Surviving is his much-loved wife Deborah, his loving daughter Katherine, his three brothers: Alan and wife Joanne of Chicago, IL, John and wife Patricia of HoHoKus and Kenneth and wife Marianne of Ringwood; his two sister-in-laws: Barbara Mielke and husband D. William of CT and Virginia Jurewicz of Saddle River; his mother-in-law Mary Flanagan of Saddle River and formerly of Hasbrouck Heights, his three aunts: Dr. Mary Alice Becker Searless of Bronxville, NY, Cathy DesMarais of VT and Elinor Wyner of FL; his nieces, nephews and cousins: Robert, Kathy, Alexandra, Jennifer, Karen, Brandon, Jordan, Lindsey, Eric, Christopher, Joseph, James, Alexandra, Devon, Ann, Karl and Janet, and their families. Glen was predeceased by his loving parents Francis and Beatrice Koch, formerly of Maywood. Friends may visit the family on Thursday, 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the Vander Plaat Funeral Home (vpfh.com), 257 Godwin Ave., Wyckoff. Funeral Mass, Friday, 10:00 AM at St. Gabriel's R.C. Church, 88 East Saddle River Road, Saddle River, followed by Entombment at Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in memory of Glen's aunt, Sister Gertrude Fitzsimmons, to The Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth, P.O. Box 476, Convent Station, NJ 07961 (www.scnj.org).