Koch, Ann D. 78, of Palm Harbor, FL died November 22, 2015. She was born August 30, 1937 in Lexington, SC. She was a graduate of Lexington High School and Newberry College, Newberry SC. She was an elementary school teacher and a speech therapist in Richland and Newberry counties of SC and she served as a teacher in several schools in Pinellas County. She is survived by her husband, Pastor Klaus Koch, of Palm Harbor; her son, Dr. John Wessinger, of Roanoke, VA; her step-sons, David Koch (Anita) of Marietta, GA, Charles Koch, of Woodstock, GA, and Taylor Koch (Cindy), of Mooresville, NC; her daughter, Ginger Wessinger, of Ft. Collins, CO; her granddaughter, Laura Slusarchyk, of Clearwater, FL; and six additional grandchildren. She is also survived by her brother, George Drafts, of Batesburg, SC; her sisters, Betty Shaw, of Lexington, SC, Brenda Speer, of Leesville, SC, and Trudy Wales, of Lexington, SC; several nieces and nephews; her brother in law, Hellmut Koch; and sister in law, Ellen Rendenbach, both of Wuerzburg, Germany.
