Charles Koch of Venice passed away peacefully in his sleep on Dec. 19, 2022.

He was born on Dec. 23, 1930, in East Chicago, Indiana. Charles was a proud graduate of the University of Chicago Medical School in 1955.

While at the University of Chicago Charles met Betty Low Cary who worked at the school. Charles and Betty were married in 1954. After medical school, Charles served 10 years in the U.S. Public Health Service and then settled in Venice in 1965 where he started his practice. Charles was one of the founders of the L.I.F.E. program, a non-profit youth drug rehabilitation program. He was an avid supporter of Big Brothers / Big Sisters, Friends of Thai Daughters, and the Boothbay Region Land Trust.

Charles is survived by his sons Rodrick, Carl and Gregory, and daughter Lisa. He was blessed with six grandchildren Joseph Duane Florian, Nikki Alexandra Kimbrell, Stephanie Lynn Howell, Jessica Kalen Koch, Peyton Charles Maloney and Luke Baldwin Maloney, as well as three great-grandchildren Xander Florian, Sylas Kimbrell and Hayden Kimbrell.

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