Louise Derby Hoch, 92, of Allentown and formerly of Whitehall Township, died Feb. 13, 2020. She was the wife of the late Richard C. Hoch Sr. for 71 years.

Born in Summit Hill, she was a daughter of the late Hugh Hontz and Jeanette Ida (Smith) Derby.

She was a 1946 graduate of Summit Hill High School.

She and her husband were the owners/operators of Dick’s Greenhouse and Florist for 40 years.

She was a member of St. John’s United Church of Christ, Fullerton.

She was a charter member of the Woman’s Club of Whitehall Township. She was also a past member of the Lehigh Valley Florist Association and of the ladies auxiliaries of both the Fullerton Fire Company and the American Legion Post 367, Fullerton. She was a founding member of the Fullerton Memorial Playground on Jefferson Street.

She is survived by five daughters, Tami and her husband Jimmy Jones of Allentown, with whom she resided, Debra and her husband Thomas Hennessy of Clemson, S.C., Dona and Paula and her husband Thomas McMahon, all of Peoria, Ariz., and Louise (Weazy) and her husband Tom Sullivan of Amarillo, Texas; a daughter-in-law, Debi Hoch of Bloomsburg; 11 grandchildren; five stepgrandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren and one expected; 10 stepgreat-grandchildren; two brothers; four sisters; a sister-in-law; a brother-in-law; nieces; nephews; and three godchildren.

She was predeceased by a son, Richard C. Hoch II; a brother; a brother-in-law; three sisters; three brothers-in-law; and an infant sister.

Services will be private.