\t\t\tBarry L. Koch \t\t<\/p>\n
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Barry L. Koch, 89, of Wernersville, passed away Friday, July 10, 2026, in his residence. He was the widower of the late E. Louise Koch, n\u00e9e Sipe. Born Friday, May 28, 1937, in Reading, he was a son of the late Adam & Helen Koch, n\u00e9e Fitterling. Barry was the founder, owner & operator of Barry Koch Auto Service, in Wernersville, until his retirement. He was the former fire chief of the Wernersville Fire Company and was a former member of the Rajah Shrine. Barry enjoyed restoring automobiles, NASCAR, and watching the Phillies. He is survived by his sons: James B. (Sandra) Koch & Marc A. (Stacie) Koch; his step son: Paul Wagner; five grandchildren: Jaime Koch Rodriguez, Brittany McKee, Brittany Pegler, Marissa Krick,Ryan Koch & Joshua Beane; and by four great grandchildren. He was predeceased by his siblings: Clarence, Albert, Harold, & Ronald Koch. A Celebration of Barry\u2019s Life will be held at a later date and will be announced. The Cole Funeral Home, Robesonia, is assisting the family. www.colefh.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barry L. Koch OBITUARY Barry L. Koch, 89, of Wernersville, passed away Friday, July 10, 2026, in his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247183,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-247182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}