F, b. 5 April 1924, d. 26 April 2011

Mary K
Koch was born on 5 April 1924. She married
Paul Kenneth Rankin on 16 January 1943. Mary K Rankin died on 26 April 2011 at Heart of Lancaster Regional Medical Center, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, at age 87. Her obituary read: Mary K. Rankin, 87, of Lancaster and formerly of Strasburg died Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at Heart of Lancaster Regional Medical Center following a brief illness. She and her husband Paul Kenneth Rankin celebrated 68 years of marriage. Born in Strasburg she was the daughter of the late William T. and Kathryn F. Groff Koch. Mary had been employed by the former Hess's Department Store and then worked as a bookkeeper for the former Bank of Lancaster County, retiring in 1984. She was a member of Bird In Hand United Methodist Church, the Ladies Auxiliary to the former Paul R. Strubel VFW Post #8710, Strasburg, the Order of Eastern Star, James Buchanan Chapter # 315, and a former member of the Strasburg Cemetery Board. Surviving beside her husband Paul are two daughters Barbara Ann wife of Don W. Hertzog of Florence, KY, Susan E. married to John R. Hoffman of Lancaster; three grandchildren, Jeffrey LaVan, Toby Eckman, Melissa Kaylor; five great grandchildren; and a brother John F. married to Martha Myers Koch of New Holland. Mary was preceded in death by a brother William T. Koch, Jr. Funeral services will be held from the Bird In Hand United Methodist Church, 2620 Old Philadelphia Pike, Bird In Hand, PA on Friday, April 29th at 11:00AM with Pastor Robert Bailey officiating. Interment will follow in Strasburg Cemetery. Friends may call at the church on Friday from 10:00AM until the time of service. Reynolds Funeral Home, Quarryville, PA. Arrangements entrusted to Murray A. Miller. To send an online note of condolence please, visit our website at reynoldsfuneralhome.net.
Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era 4/28/2011.
1,2 She was buried on 29 April 2011 at Strasburg Cemetery, Strasburg, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
2 Mary K Koch Find-a-Grave.com ID # 69029718.
She appeared on the census of 11 April 1940 at 135 W Main St, Strasburg, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
3 As of 16 January 1943,her married name was Rankin.