Comments on: Orval H. Koch https://www.wyuka.com/orval-h-koch/ A Place of Rest Tue, 02 Mar 2021 23:24:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8 By: Rick MAch https://www.wyuka.com/orval-h-koch/#comment-15122 Tue, 02 Mar 2021 23:24:53 +0000 http://wyuka.com/?p=1254#comment-15122 It was my great honor to work for Orv and Dick for many years, both in Lincoln and Salina. Orv was one of the most kindest and honest man I ever knew. He is missed by so many people who loved him. RIP my friend.

]]> By: Dick Floyd https://www.wyuka.com/orval-h-koch/#comment-5197 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 21:25:33 +0000 http://wyuka.com/?p=1254#comment-5197 Orv went to bat for me in a Stuart Stations managers meeting screening new announcer talent for employment in 1964. The audition tape I sent him in Lincoln admitedly was pretty mediocre as I was just starting out.He persuaded Dick Wagner, then manager of KSAL, Salina,Kansas to take a chance on me (as seemingly none of the other managers were that interested.) Ended up spending 40 years in the business! God bless you, “Cookie!”
Dick Floyd
Oklahoma City

]]> By: Dennis L. Ernest https://www.wyuka.com/orval-h-koch/#comment-3621 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:51:44 +0000 http://wyuka.com/?p=1254#comment-3621 I worked at KFOR in the late 1970s while in and after college. I remember getting notes from Mr. Koch coaching and encouraging me. I don’t know if I ever saw him in person! I was a a weekend and part time announcer–later full time in news. I knew son Randy at UN-L. I’m still in the business nearly 30 years later. I credit my success to people like Mr. Koch for whom I worked in those early days of career. I’m sorry for your loss, and sorry this is so late, I just came across this online. Thanks.

]]> By: Cassie Roberts https://www.wyuka.com/orval-h-koch/#comment-2405 Sat, 04 Jun 2011 03:03:15 +0000 http://wyuka.com/?p=1254#comment-2405 I love you grandpa. I will miss you very much but I know your in a better place now.
Love,
Cassie

]]> By: Greg Sasse https://www.wyuka.com/orval-h-koch/#comment-2401 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 18:49:04 +0000 http://wyuka.com/?p=1254#comment-2401 As a neighbor and a friend with Scott and Randy, I remember Orval (Mr. Koch back then) as a father, who came across somewhat stern, but obviously loved and cared for his sons. He tolerated a lot of pranks from the three of us, but was always was forgiving in the end. I know he loved his wife, his sons and got great enjoyment from his family.

]]> By: Richard Chapin https://www.wyuka.com/orval-h-koch/#comment-2400 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 16:13:42 +0000 http://wyuka.com/?p=1254#comment-2400 In the midst of a world that is too big and too fast, a world where information rules like a dictator and news travels like a virus, it is easy to be overcome by the hopelessness of the world and the helplessness of we, its keepers. What impact can we hope to have? What traces will we leave behind? What do we affect during our time on earth? Our legacy is our friends. They walk with us throughout our days, the fragments of our hearts and minds. Friends get our questions and our reasoned opinions. They get our best and are stuck with the worst we have to offer. History is not the story of grand acts and masterpeices. It is the accumulations of tiny events. History itself is made day after day by all those handed a place on earth and quietly made a life out of it. Emerson wrote “Make yourself necessary to someone.” In a chaotic world, friendship is the most elegant, the most lasting way to be useful. We are, each of us, a testament to our friends’ compassion and tolerance, humor and wisdom, patience and grit. Friendship, not technology, is the only thing capable of showing us the breadth of the world we live in. Orv Koch was a special friend to all who knew him. He made himself most necessary to me.

]]> By: Bob McKune https://www.wyuka.com/orval-h-koch/#comment-2398 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 15:20:12 +0000 http://wyuka.com/?p=1254#comment-2398 Orv was a trusted friend and business associate through the ten years and four cities I was with Stuart Broadcasting. He was always ready to help and a good (albeit brief!) communicator. A dedicated and trustworthy fellow worker.

]]> By: Roger Larson https://www.wyuka.com/orval-h-koch/#comment-2396 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 01:38:49 +0000 http://wyuka.com/?p=1254#comment-2396 Orv Koch was a wonderful person and a real gentleman. His word could be trusted completely. He was extremely loyal to his company and his friends, and I was proud to be one of them. Roger Larson

]]> By: Al Johnson https://www.wyuka.com/orval-h-koch/#comment-2395 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 01:21:14 +0000 http://wyuka.com/?p=1254#comment-2395 Sandra – Dick Chapin was kind enough to send me the information on Orv. I too enjoyed working with Orv as I worked with Stuart in the outdoor advertising division. Orv had a great sense of humor, was a hard worker and always fun to be with. While I know that you and the family will miss Orv, knowing he is home with the Lord is a comfort for us all.

Blessings,

Al & Fran Johnson
Denver, CO

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