The following obit originated with the Concord Monitor, in Concord, N.H. The Monitor does not guarantee the accuracy of original content that now resides off its web site.

Dorothy Poch

Monday, January 28, 2002

Dorothy Poch, 71, of Concord, died Saturday at the Hospice House. She was born in Andover, Maine, the daughter of Clarence and Amy (Averill) Jodrey. She was a graduate of Lewiston High School in Lewiston, Maine. She was a Navy veteran, serving during the Korean War. She was a volunteer for the Navy and Marine Corps Relief Society and a member of the International WAVES Association. She also volunteered at Bow Elementary School. She was an avid bowler. She is survived by her husband of 47 years, Theodore Poch Jr. of Concord; three daughters, Marie Dillon of Tremont, Ill., Beth Miller of Bow and Janet Poch of Lynn, Mass.; two sisters, Margie Roberts and Alice Sennett, both of Rumford, Maine; and six grandchildren. Calling hours will be held tomorrow from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m. at Bennett Funeral Home, 209 N. Main St., Concord. A funeral serivce will be held Wendesday at 1 p.m. at the Grace Episcopal Church, 30 Eastman St., East Concord, with Vicar Judith Freeman Clark officiating. Burial will follow at the New Hampshire Veterans Cemetery in Boscawen. Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, Memorial Giving Program. Gail Singer Memorial Building, 360 Route 101, Unit 8, Bedford 03110.
Note: I am of no relation, but my sympathies go out to those of you who are.