Family/Spouse: Tod Serfass. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The Rev. Paul deSchweinitz Couch Sr., former pastor of East Hills Moravian Church, Bethlehem, and Calvary Moravian Church, Allentown, died Sunday in his home at 4050-A Huntingreen Lane, Winston-Salem, N.C. He was the husband of Marian (McCuiston) Couch.

A 1952 graduate of Moravian Seminary School, he was ordained in Central Moravian Church, Bethlehem. He also served Redeemer Moravian Church, Philadelphia, and parishes in Indiana and Ohio. He retired in 1986.

Earlier, he was employed by the former Western Electric Co., Chicago, Ill., and Allentown, 1945-49.
He was a 1943 graduate of William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Va.

Born in New Brunswick, N.J., he was a son of the late Frederick F. and Helena (deSchweinitz) Couch.

He was past president of Moravian Council of Churches of the Lehigh Valley.

He was an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors: Wife; daughters, the Rev. Blair, wife of Warren Gericke of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Allison, wife of Thomas Soals of Portland, Ore., and Margaret, wife of Tod Serfass of Winston-Salem; sons, Frederick of Stormville, N.Y., and the Rev. Paul Jr. of Richmond, Va.; brothers, Robert of Battle Creek, Mich., and Charles D. of Wilmington, Del.; sister, Marjorie, wife of Cassard Kaesemeyer of Bethlehem, and four grandchildren.

Services: 11 a.m. Thursday, Home Moravian Church, Winston-Salem. Call 7-9 p.m. Wednesday at the family’s home. Arrangements, Vogler & Sons Funeral Home, Winston-Salem.

Paul married Marian Blair McCuiston on 4 Jun 1949. Marian (daughter of Robert Alexander McCuiston and Margaret Agnes Blair) was born on 9 Jan 1925 in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina; died on 3 Apr 2023 in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina; was buried on 13 Apr 2023 in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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MARIAN COUCH OBITUARY

Marian McCuiston Couch entered into the more immediate presence of her Savior on Monday April 3rd in her home at Salemtowne. Marian was born in Winston-Salem on January 9, 1925, to Robert Alexander and Margaret Agnes Blair McCuiston. She graduated from Reynolds High School and Wellesley College. Following college she worked in New York, first in the Surgical Pathology Department of New York Hospital and then at Scribner's Book Store in the children's department. She married Paul deSchweinitz Couch in 1949. She was a faithful companion in ministry with her husband at Moravian churches in Indiana, Pennsylvania and Ohio. A lifelong member of the Moravian church, she was a supporter and contributor to Moravian ministries including Camp Hope, Laurel Ridge and Sunnyside Ministry. She loved beach vacations where she sat in the sun and body surfed. Reading was one of her great passions. She was predeceased by her parents; her brother, Robert. A. McCuiston Jr.; her husband, Paul; her oldest son Fred; one grandchild and two great-grandchildren. She is survived by her sister, Erdmuth Venable; 4 children, the Right Reverend Blair Couch (Warren Gericke); Allison Couch (Tom Soals); Margaret Couch (Tod Serfass); Paul Couch, Jr. (Charlene Couch) and daughter-in-law Mary Hoey. She is also survived by 6 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends at Salem Funeral Home, Main Street, on Wednesday April 12 from 6 pm-8 pm. The funeral will be at Home Moravian Church on Thursday April 13 at 1:30 pm with interment to follow in God's Acre. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Home Moravian Church or Sunnyside Ministry.

Robert married Margaret Agnes Blair on 29 Apr 1922 in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina. Margaret (daughter of William Allen Blair and Mary Eleanor Fries) was born on 25 Nov 1896 in Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina; died on 1 Apr 1994 in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina; was buried on 4 Apr 1994 in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Laura Ann Masten on 25 Oct 1888 in Winston Township, Forsyth County, North Carolina. Laura (daughter of D. A. Masten and Susan) was born on 31 Jan 1859 in North Carolina; died on 4 Apr 1895 in Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina; was buried in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Mary Eleanor Fries. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]