Noah Koch started working at the Burnham-Wood-Grau Funeral Home in West Union last month after recently graduating from mortuary school in Chicago. Koch says he’s glad to back in the town where he was born and raised. He is living in the house that is attached to the funeral home. (Jack Swanson photo)
Funeral home is home for Noah Koch
By Jack Swanson
jswanson@fayettecountynewspapers.com
It may not be everyone’s idea of a dream job but for Noah Koch, the dream he has is well on its way to coming true.
Noah officially graduated from Worsham College of Mortuary in Chicago on Wednesday, March 4. Noah dreams of being a funeral director with a funeral home of his own some day, and he’s already almost there.
The day after he graduated, he turned 21. Milestones seem to keep on coming for this West Union native and 2017 North Fayette Valley High School grad.
Noah has already begun his career in the funeral business. Having to apprentice himself for a year before he can officially be known as a funeral director, Noah moved back to West Union from Chicago and began working, and living in the attached house, at the Burnham-Wood- Grau Funeral Home on Feb. 22. The funeral home just happens to be right near where his parents live.
Some might say that Noah hasn’t gone far..and for Noah that’s fine, because he knows that the small town life is the life for him, after spending a year in Chicago.
“I’ve always been a people person. In the big city, you don’t talk to anyone. I chose people over things to do,” Noah related.