Gloria Anona Deavers Koch

Gloria Anona Deavers Koch, 93, of Gatesville passed away on May 25, 2014 in Gatesville. Funeral Services will be at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 29, 2014 at Scott’s Funeral Home with burial following at Hemmeline Cemetery. Visitation will be an hour prior to the service. Gloria was born September 14, 1920 to the late Virgel and Della Deavers. She was born in the Springhill Community in Coryell County near Gatesville. She graduated from Gatesville high School in May of 1939 and married Fred Koch, Jr. (Fritz) on October 1, 1939. They lived in Gatesville where she was a homemaker while raising her two children. Later she worked with her husband as Railway Express Agents from the office at their Exxon Service Station. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Gatesville. Gloria was an avid bridge player. Over the years, she played in several clubs, at the Dairy Queen, and then continued when she moved to The Meadows Nursing Home. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Fred Koch and a brother, Clayton Deavers. Gloria is survived by a daughter, Joyce Milarski and husband John of Plano and her son, Jerry Koch and wife Linda of Gatesville. She is also survived by a brother Glenn Deavers of Proctor; a sister, Ethelyn Harper of Broomfield, Colorado; 3 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren.