Koerner, Loray D. (1918-2007)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2007 Sep 17 p. 8

Birth date: 1918 Oct 6

text of obituary:

LORAY D. KOERNER

Loray D. Koerner, 88, of Flanagan, Ill., died Aug. 14, 2007, at OSF Saint James-John W. Albrecht Medical Center in Pontiac.

He was born Oct. 6, 1918, to Henry and Sadie Shantz Koerner at Kempton.

He married Nettie F. Eigsti on June 10, 1944, at Flanagan Mennonite Church.

He was a member of Prairieview Mennonite Church of rural Gridley and served as a Sunday school teacher. He was the owner and operator of Cullom Bus Service, serving the Cullom School District. He later worked as a mechanic at various places and was a representative for Snap On Tools from 1957 to 1981. He was an avid fisherman and did volunteer work at the Spare N Share in Gridley.

Survivors include his wife of 63 years, Nettie; two daughters, Bonnie Stucky and her husband, Roger, of Gridley, and Rebecca Koerner of Westbrook, Maine; a son, David Koerner and his wife, Rose, of Kalona, Iowa; a brother, Orie Koerner of Kempton; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at Prairieview Mennonite Church. Burial was in Waldo Township Cemetery of rural Gridley.