Frederick Gus (Fred) Kocher

SHREVEPORT, LA - Service Celebrating the Life of Frederick Gus Kocher, 85, will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, July 21, 2018, at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 1815 Marshall Street , Shreveport, LA. Pastor Perry A. Culver of Christ Lutheran Church will officiate. The family will receive friends from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Friday, July 20, 2018, at the funeral home. Fred was born November 10, 1932, in Brooklyn, New York to Helen Little Kocher and Frederick Kocher and passed away peacefully July 18, 2018, after a lengthy illness in Shreveport, LA. He was a longtime resident of Shreveport. Fred worked as a grocery store clerk from 1950 until his retirement in 1987. He began working for A&P in New York City, taking a two year break to serve in the United States Air Force during the Korean War, stationed at Barksdale Air Force Base. After his service was completed, Fred transferred to A&P in Shreveport, working there until they closed all the Shreveport stores. At that time he went to work at Safeway where he worked until retirement. Fred's greatest love was his family. He was married to his wife Doris Kocher, for almost 50 years. After retirement, he took care of his granddaughter, Ashley Kocher and then his great-granddaughter, Mary Jane Bickham after school. He always said that those were the best years of his life. Fred was preceded in death by his wife, Doris Kocher. Left to cherish his memory are his sons, Steven Kocher and wife Rosemary of Memphis, TN, and Scott Kocher and wife Donna of Haughton, LA; sister, Elisie Schepper of Nashua, NH; brother, Gerhardt Widmaier of Nashua, NH; six grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. The family would like to give thanks to Pastor Perry A. Culver and the congregation of Christ Lutheran Church for keeping his spirits up during his illness. Honoring Fred as pallbearers will be Keith Kocher, Kevin Kocher, Bernie Conradie, Dusty Crenshaw, Cameron Crenshaw and Ben Bickham.