Friesen, Lisbeth J. Koehn (1922-1971)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1971 Feb 4 p. 5

Birth date: 1922 Oct 11

text of obituary:

Wife of Central District Minister Called by Death

Bluffton, Ohio. — Mrs. Lisbeth J. Friesen, wife of Rev. Jacob Friesen, Central District Conference Minister, died on Jan. 20 after a long illness.

She was born Oct. 11, 1922 in Meno, Okla., the daughter of Ben W. and Lydia (Unruh) Koehn. She was married on Sept. 2, 1945 to Rev. Jacob Friesen, who survives, along with her father and a daughter, Mrs. Gregg (Priscilla) Luginbuhl of Bluffton, and two sons, J. Friesen and Von Friesen, at home.

Also surviving are a sister, Mrs. Leo (Darlene) Driedger of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and four brothers, Rev. Levi Koehn of Freeman, S. D., Vern of Stockton, Calif., H. W. Jr. of Meno, Okla, and Paul of Concordia, Kan.

Mrs. Friesen was a member of First Mennonite Church of Bluffton, its Fellowship Guild and the Bluffton Telesis Club.

Private funeral services were held the morning of Jan. 22, followed by private burial in Maple Grove Cemetery in Bluffton. A memorial service was held in the evening in First Mennonite Church.

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