Kenneth A KORCH
Obituary

KENNETH A. KORCH, SR.

PUBLISHED ON DECEMBER 7, 2005.

WEBSTER KENNETH A. KORCH, SR., OF 18 BEACON RD., KILLDEER ISLAND, DIED SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2005 AT HEYWOOD HOSPITAL IN GARDNER.

HE LEAVES HIS WIFE OF 57 YEARS, ZELLA (PALAGYI) KORCH TWO SONS, KENNETH A. KORCH, JR., AND HIS WIFE, PATRICIA OF DUDLEY, AND KEITH A. KORCH AND HIS WIFE, DEBRA OF STURBRIDGE AND TWO GRANDCHILDREN, ASHLEY AND MICHAEL.

KEN WAS BORN IN WEBSTER, ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN OF ANDREW H. AND ANNA "PANNA" (ROZGOVNYI) KORCH. HE WAS A GRADUATE OF BARTLETT HIGH SCHOOL. DURING WWII, HE SERVED AS A SERGEANT IN THE U.S. ARMY AIR CORPS, AND COMPLETED 15 MISSIONS AS A BALL TURRET GUNNER WITH THE 336TH BOMB SQUADRON. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CHARLES F. MINNEY V.F.W. POST IN MILLBURY.

KENNETH WAS A SELF EMPLOYED CARPENTER. HE RAISED BEAGLES FOR MANY YEARS WITH THREE OF HIS DOGS FINISHING AS FIELD TRIAL CHAMPIONS. HE WAS AN AVID READER WHO ENJOYED HUNTING, FISHING, AND SPENDING TIME IN VERMONT.

FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE PRIVATE AND AT THE CONVENIENCE OF THE FAMILY. THERE ARE NO CALLING HOURS. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, THE FAMILY SUGGESTS THAT DONATIONS BE MADE TO THE CHARLES F. MINNEY V.F. W. POST, SOUTH MAIN STREET, MILLBURY, MA 01527-3114. THE ROBERT J. MILLER FUNERAL HOME AND LAKE CHAPEL, 366 SCHOOL STREET, IS DIRECTING ARRANGEMENTS.



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