Koehn, Deloris Vineta Jantz (1932-1986)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 19 Feb 1987 p. 11

Birth date: 1932

text of obituary:

DELORIS KOEHN

Deloris Vineta Jantz Koehn was born July 14, 1932, at Copeland Kan., to Henry and Matilda Jantz. She died at her home near Walker, Mo., on Dec. 18, 1986, after a lingering illness. She was 54.

As a child she moved with her parents to a farm near Fairview, Okla. At the age of 11, she accepted the Lord as her personal Savior. On March 1, 1944, she was baptized on the confession of her faith by Min. George Nichols. She remained faithful to these vows until death.

On March 9, 1952, she was married to Vivan Koehn. They farmed near Fairview, Okla., until 1957, when they moved to a farm near Walker, Mo.

She leaves to mourn her departure her husband, Vivan; two sons, Everett and wife Pat and Ronald and wife Bonnie, all of Walker; one daughter and her husband, Karen and Maynard Schmidt of Atmore, Ala.; seven grandchildren; her parents, Henry and Matilda Jantz of Fairview, Okla.; five sisters, Betty (Mrs. Richard) Kahn of Isabella, Okla., Geneva (Mrs. Cecil) Nightengale and Viola (Mrs. Paul) Smith, both of Leland, Miss., and Jaletta (Mrs. Howard) Yost and Mrs. Marlyn Johnson, both of Macon, Miss.

Funeral services were held on Dec. 22, 1986, at Living Faith Mennonite Church, Walker, with Mins. Linwood Koehn and Ben Becker officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery, with Min. Abe Koehn officiating.

Transcribed by Ralph Shetler, Oregon