Reds' oldest usher dies at 91

Reds oldest usher dies


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Posted: 02/21/2013

CINCINNATI - A familiar face to many at Great American Ball Park has died.

Jim Kocher was the Reds oldest usher at 91.

Kocher died while driving home from a mass being offered for his late wife on Sunday morning.

A visitation is scheduled Thursday from 11 a.m. until noon at St. Catherine of Siena Church in Fort Thomas, Ky.

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