Lenora M. ‘Lee’ Koch – formerly of Belle Vernon

Lenora M. “Lee” Koch, 93, formerly of Belle Vernon, passed away Friday, Aug. 30, 2019, in St. Barnabas Nursing Home in Gibsonia.  A daughter of the late John and Jessie Phelps Malone, Lee was born in Charleroi on March 26, 1926. She was a resident of Belle Vernon for most of her adult life until moving to St. Barnabas in 2013. Lee enjoyed going to the Donora Senior Center, line dancing and time with her grandchildren. Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Cheryl and Larry McMichen of Atlanta, Ga.; three sons and daughters-in-law, Kevin and Rita Cotter of Gibsonia, Terrence and Sharon Cotter of Bellaire, Texas, and Timothy and Judy Cotter of Marietta, Ga.; 11 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death her husband, Charles Koch, in 1994 and a sister, Jacqueline Sims. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at FERGUSON FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORY INC., 700 Broad Ave., Belle Vernon, www.FergusonFuneralHomeandCrematory.com, 724-929-5300. A blessing will be held in the funeral home at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, followed by a Mass in St. Sebastian Roman Catholic Church, Belle Vernon, at 10 a.m. Interment will follow in Mon Valley Memorial Park.