Jeanette Frances Koch

Jean was born in Columbus, Montana, October 12, 1928, to Frances (Hansen) Woltermann and Fred J.G. Woltermann. She was raised in the country, with her younger sister, Dorothy, on her dad’s homestead and attended a one room schoolhouse for the first through eighth grades. Jean graduated from Columbus High School in 1946 and Kinman Business University in Spokane, WA in 1947. She also attended St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota. She was employed at the Yellowstone National Bank in Columbus, MT and then as a secretary in the music department at the University of Montana in Missoula. On October 21, 1951 she married William (Bill) G. Koch at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Columbus, Montana. When Bill passed in May 2018, they had been married over 66 years.

Jean and Bill were members of St. Peter Catholic church starting in 1954, when they moved to Greeley. For decades, she was active volunteering in the office and singing in the choir. She also volunteered at Greeley Catholic School, where their children attended, and she worked at the UNC bookstore during the busy start of the school years.

Jean and Bill raised their four children, Nicholas, Gregory, Stephen and Carol, in Greeley. With four children, Jean was busy as a mother and homemaker, often cooking and baking. She enjoyed attending their school and church activities and sporting events and later their grandchildren’s activities. She loved her children and grandchildren each unconditionally. She also enjoyed gardening, especially her beautiful flower beds.

She is survived by her children Greg (Ann) of Fort Collins, Steve (Shellie) of Greeley, and Carol Landretti (Tony) of Greeley, her daughter-in-law Susan Fowler (Nick’s wife) of Champaign, IL, and nine grandchildren: Andy Koch, Caroline Volk (Nate), Chris Fowler, Benjamin (Gabby) and Henry (Lauren) Koch, Kylie Justus, Haylie and Zach Koch and Gianna Landretti; and three great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Fred and Frances Woltermann (1986 and 1946, respectfully), her husband Bill Koch (2018), her eldest son Nick Koch (2021), her sister, Dorothy Anders (2025), brother-in-law, Clayborn Anders, and her in-laws, Harry and Margaret Koch.

Visitation and Rosary from 5:00-7:00 PM, Tuesday, May 20th at St. Peter Catholic Church, 915 12th St., Greeley, CO.

Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 AM, Wednesday, May 21st at St. Peter Catholic Church, 915 12th St., Greeley, with interment to follow at Linn Grove Cemetery. Please join us for a reception after interment in the St. Peter Church hall.

Memorial gifts can be made to St. Peter Catholic Church, 915 12th St. Greeley, CO or to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, stjude.org, dedicating your gift in memory of Jeanette F. Koch.