PATRICIA BAKER KOECHLIN

1924 - 2020

KOECHLIN, Patricia Baker Died in Needham, Massachusetts on January 28, 2020. Mrs. Koechlin was born on July 18, 1924 in Chelsea, MA. A daughter of Herbert and Mary (Cotter) Baker, she was a 1941 graduate of Lowell High School, where she was class salutatorian; graduated from Radcliffe College with a degree in mathematics in 1945, and earned a Master's Degree in mathematics from Montclair State College in 1977. She was employed for many years by Roche Laboratories in Nutley, NJ, as a Senior Statistician. She married Bernard Alphons Koechlin, PhD in Boston in 1948. In 1955, they moved to Montclair, NJ, where she raised six children and became involved in local politics; advocated for the rights of the developmentally disabled and participated in the peace, women's rights, and civil rights movements. She was elected to and served on Montclair's Town Council from 1980-84. In 1992, she and her husband moved to Rockport, MA, where she continued her activism and community work. After 61 years of marriage, she was widowed in 2010. She was also predeceased by her sisters, Hariot Deutscher and Mary Nelson. She is survived by a daughter, Emily, of Takoma Park, MD, and five sons: Patrick (Julia) of Rye, NY, Nicolas (Catherine) of South Salem, NY; John, of Pembroke, MA; Timothy (Katherine Joyce) of Montclair, NJ, and Carl Nagy-Koechlin (Beth Nagy) of Dorchester, MA; by six grandchildren: Alexander Walzer Koechlin, Leah Walzer Koechlin, Mikael Sergey Koechlin, R?my Ivan Koechlin, Joshua Lee Koechlin Nagy, and Julian Alphons Koechlin Nagy; by three stepgrandchildren, and 10 stepgreat- grandchildren. Visitation will be at Greely Funeral Home, 212 Washington St., GLOUCESTER, MA on Friday, February, 7, from 5:00-7:00 pm, and a Funeral Mass will be said at St. Joachim Church in Rockport, MA on Saturday, February 8, at 11:00 am. Burial to follow at the Beech Grove Cemetery in Rockport. Contributions in Mrs. Koechlin's memory may be made to New England Village, 664 School St., Pembroke, MA 02359. Online condolences may be shared at

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