Eric M. Koch, 29, Beattie, KS, died Wednesday evening, October 13, 2004, as the result of a pickup truck accident on a rural road between Waterville and Blue Rapids.

He was born December 30, 1974, in Marysville, the son of Frank and Delores Spielman Koch. He attended Beattie Elementary School and Marysville Junior and Senior High School, where he graduated in 1993. He moved to Wichita and went to Wichita Technical College to study aircraft maintenance for two years. Eric returned to Beattie and worked for Travelrite Trailer in Waterville as a welder. The company was bought out by Titian Trailer Manufacturing in Waterville where he presently worked as a welder.

Survivors are a daughter, Trinity Koch of Beattie; his father, Frank Koch of Beattie; six brothers, Terry of Marysville, David of Summerfield, Richard and Ronald, both of Beattie, Lynn of Conway Springs, and Timothy of Wichita; five sisters, Carol Moore, Shari Koch, and Connie Bramlage, all of Topeka, Joyce Nietfeld of St. George, and Laurie Cammel of Riley; and nieces and nephews.

Eric liked motor sports and had a drag racing car and performed in demolition derbies. He also enjoyed hunting.

Mass of Christian Burial will be 2:30 PM Monday at St. Malachy’s Church in Beattie. A prayer service will be held at 2 PM Sunday, with a rosary at 7 PM Sunday, at Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca. Burial will be in St. Patrick’s Cemetery in Beattie.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorials may be given for the Trinity Koch Education Fund or St. Patrick’s Cemetery in Beattie, and sent in care of the family.