Angeline M. Koch

 Angeline Marguerite (“Tudy”) Walsh Koch was born on September 20th, 1919, in Dallas, Texas, the second child of Florine Lawson Walsh and Barnea Cuthebert (“B.C.”) Walsh.  She earned the nickname “Tudy” after seeing a vaudeville performance as a small child, and coming home trying to sing “My Sweet Patootie”.        Sadly, B.C. died when Angeline was only 9 years old.  Florine subsequently remarried to George DeFrese, and he was the father Angeline remembered.  The family relocated to Homestead, Florida, during the Great Depression, and Angeline attended high school in Homestead, and back in Dallas her senior year.  After high school, she learned stenography and she was an excellent typist.  She used these skills at Sears Roebuck Company, where she met Carl K. Koch.  Both engaged to other persons, they broke their engagements, eloped, and were married in Waxahachie, Texas on February 3rd, 1940.  Son Carl was born in 1942 and daughter Donna in 1952.        After trying other professions, Carl enlisted in the U.S. Army officer training program, eventually attaining the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.  Carl and Tudy moved often, residing in South Carolina, Monterrey, California, Fort Hood, Texas, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Germany, Fort Knox and Owensboro, Kentucky, Springfield, Virginia, and Anchorage,  Alaska.  When Carl retired in 1968, they relocated to Brownsville, Texas.  In 1970, they moved to Temple, bought a house on Elk Trail, and lived there happily for many years.  Tudy continued in the Elk Trail house after Carl’s death in 1999, until moving to Garden Estates of Temple in 2013 at the age of 94.  She had recently moved to Austin, and was there at the time of her death, passing into immortality on February 3rd, 2018.        As an officer’s wife, Tudy entertained frequently.  She was an excellent cook, handling both gourmet and homestyle cooking with equal aplomb.  She sewed at a professional level, making most of Donna’s wardrobe for 19 years, and once even constructing a tarpaulin for the family Cabin Cruiser.  She also enjoyed knitting.  She was intelligent and enjoyed puzzles of all kinds, especially crosswords, cryptograms, and jigsaw puzzles.  A double mastoid operation when she was 12 left her mostly deaf for the rest of her life, but she was a champion lipreader.  The same procedure left her tone-deaf as well, but she loved music and was proud of the musical pursuits of her children and grandchild.  She retained sharpness of mind and was still making her own decisions through the week of her death.  She enjoyed camping and fishing and would happily spend all day in a boat.  Carl and Tudy were devoted Christians, active in the former Temple Evangelical Brethren church and in Eastern Star.        She is preceded in death by her parents and stepfather, husband Carl, brother Wilson P. Walsh and sister-in-law Judy Walsh, father- and mother-in-law Carl and Margaret Koch, brothers-in-law William and Patrick Koch and Ed Erwin, sisters-in-law Mary and Thora Koch and Helen Erwin, and son-in-law Glenn Bostick.  She is survived by son Carl Koch (Deloris) of Dallas, Texas, daughter Donna Koch Bostick and grandson Reno Bostick of Austin, Texas, brothers-in-law Thomas Koch (Betty) and Charles Koch (Robert Jenkins) of Farmer’s Branch, Texas, and numerous cousins, nieces, and nephews of all degrees of relatedness.        Funeral service will be at Scanio-Harper Funeral Home, 3110 Airport Road, Temple, Texas, on February 17th, 2018 at 2:30 p.m., with interment to follow at Bellwood Memorial Park in Temple.  Visitation will be at Scanio-Harper on February 16th, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.        In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Christian Communications, Inc., Tom Popelka Ministries, Our Daily Bread Ministries, or the Salvation Army’s Soup & Shelter program.  The family wishes to thank Live Oak Estates and New Century Hospice in Austin and her friends and neighbors on Elk Trail, who helped her stay living independently for so long, especially the family of Ray and Debbie Henretty.