Koehn, Pete W. (1903-1987)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 22 Jan 1987 p. 8

Birth date: 1903

text of obituary:

NEWTON & VICINITY

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● Pete W. Koehn, 84, of Moundridge and the father of Arnold Koehn of Newton, died on Jan. 18 at Mercy Hospital, Moundridge. Funeral services were held on Jan. 21 at Gospel Church of God in Christ, Mennonite, with Doyle Johnson and Kenneth Koehn officiating. Burial was in Lone Tree Church Cemetery, rural Galva. A Swedish massage practitioner and a retired farmer, Koehn had been a Moundridge resident for 12 years, moving from McPherson. Also surviving are five additional sons, Arthur of El Dorado Springs, Mo., Louie of Texline, Texas, Chester of Walker, Mo., Kenneth of Rich Hill, Mo., and Willard of Detroit, Texas; five daughters, Norma Jean Koehn of Halstead, Vesta Koehn of Rich Hill, Mo., Doris Koehn of Lehigh, Bernice Nichols of Isabella, Okla., and Vada Fern Boyer of McPherson; 42 grandchildren; and 50 great-grandchildren. Preceding him in death in 1980 was his wife, the former Clara Nichols.