Brian Richard Koch passed away suddenly Wednesday, April 15, 2026. He was the son of Richard and Virginia (DePaul) Koch and is survived by his wife Karen; sons Richard (Beth Shaw) and Brent (Miranda Diesz); daughter Kendall (Joshua Cercone); sister Carol Schenck and partner Eric Lauck; Aunt Mary Jane Koch; sister and brother-in-law Rebecca and Richard Toomey; grandchildren Ronan, Rosalind and Luca, and many loving cousins, nieces and nephews.
Born April 28, 1960, Brian was raised in Cuyahoga Falls and Silver Lake Village. In high school, he played tenor saxophone in the Cuyahoga Falls Tiger Marching Band.
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