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Koch, Johannes

Johannes (John) Koch, son of Michael Koch & Elisabeth Rieber, was born 21 April 1843 in Kolb, Russia on April 21, 1843.

In 1863, Johannes married Barbara Koch. She had been born in the neighboring colony of Frank on 12 January 1844.

Koch served as a schoolteacher in Russia.

Koch, Gottlob

Pastor Gottlob Koch, son of Jakob Koch & Anna Höschele, was born 2 March 1861 in Gnadental (Bessarabia). On June 15, 1887, he was married to Elise König.

He studied theology at the University of Dorpoat (Estonia) and was ordained 6 September 1887 in Saratov.

Koch, Fred C.

Fred Koch was born in Kolb in 1901. He came to the U.S. at the age of 5 and settled with his family in Ritzville, Washington. Mr. Koch's career was in the newspaper business in Wenatchee, Cashmere, Spokane, and Seattle, all in the State of Washington. During World War II, he served with the Office of War Information in London, the Office of Psychological Warfare in Paris, and military government in Frankfurt and Berlin. He is a graduate of the University of Washington. Mr.

Kluck, Arthur Julius

Pastor Arthur Julius Kluck was born in 28 January 1891 in Dunayevzy, Podolia (currently in Ukraine).

He was ordained on 11 December 1916 in Saratov. He served the parishes of Saratov (1916-1918), Frank and Hussenbach (28 May 1917-1920), and Katharinenstadt (1924-1927). He did preaching tours in Siberia. In 1928, he was exiled to Siberia.

Kessler, Joseph Aloysius

Archbishop Kessler was born on 12 August 1862 in Louis. He was appointed Bishop of Tiraspol on 1 April 1904 and was consecrated the 5th Bishop of Tiraspol on 28 October 1904 and took residence in the diocesan headquarters in Saratov.

He left Saratov in August 1917 and moved to Odessa and then Krasna in Bessarabia in January 1920, finally to Berlin in September 1921.

Bishop Kessler made a trip to the United States to raise funds for the famine stricken among the German colonies along the Volga as well as in the Black Sea area.

Keller, Richard

Pastor Richard Keller, son of The Rev. Gotthilf Heinrich Keller, was born in 1863 in Neu-Freudental (Odessa). He died on 25 January 1949 in Ingweiler near Zabern, Elsass. He served the parishes of Katharinenstadt (1886-1888); Gnadentau (1888-1890); Bettinger (1890-1907); and Taganrog (1907-1921).