Margery Koch, 84, longtime Lena resident, died October 13, 2017 at Clark-Lindsey Village.  She was born to Martha and George Wilkinson May 7, 1933 in Lena.  She graduated from Lena High School in 1951, and in September of that year married Marvin D. Koch of Kent.  They farmed west of Lena for many years.

Their two children are Laurie Geeseman, St. Joseph, IL, and Ritchie (Jacki) Koch of Woodland Park, CO.  There are five grandchildren; Andrew (Lauren) Koch, Lena; Brian Koch, Chicago; Leah (Tyler) York, DeKalb; David Geeseman, Ogden, IL; and Katherine (Adam) Decker of Oshkosh, WI.  There are five great-grandchildren; Aidan Cruz, Avery Koch, Graham Koch and Peighton Koch all of Lena, and Eddie Decker of Oshkosh, WI.
They all survive.

She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, sister and a son-in-law, Ralph Geeseman.

Margery was a 20-year member of the Lena Community Library Board, serving as secretary for many of those years.  She taught piano and played for many community events.  Starting in 1959, she became the organist for the two-church parish of St. John's Church, Pearl City, and St.Paul's at Kent.  She also played for many years at Good Shepherd in Lena, and in 1990 became the organist of the Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer in Freeport.

Having retired from organ-playing, she became the piano accompanist for the Canticle Choir at St. John's Lutheran Church in Lena.  Also, she played for all the musicals at Lena-Winslow High School from 1987 until 2006.

She wrote a newspaper column "About Pigs and Things" for the Stephenson Farmer for a number of years, at which time she and her husband were active in the Illinois Pork Producers.

At her request, there will be no funeral or other service.  Memorial money is to be directed to the Lena-Winslow High School Music Department.

Galations 5:22-23: "But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance:  against such there is no law."