Koller, Peter P. (1890-1964)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1964 Jan 9 p. 5

Birth date: 1890

text of obituary:

• Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the West Zion Church in Moundridge for Peter P. Koller, 73, who was one of three persons killed in a head-on collision on Highway 81 near Moundridge last Friday afternoon. A motorist who was following Mr. Koller's northbound auto said that, for no apparent reason, it suddenly veered into the opposite lane and collided with an oncoming auto. The occupants, Mr. and Mrs. Christian R. Hatigen of Nashwauk, Minn., died in the wreckage of their car, and Mr. Koller died shortly after being admitted to Mercy Hospital. A native of western Kansas, he had farmed the Krehbiel acreage southeast of Newton until June of last year when he retired and took up residence with a sister, Miss Anna Koller, in Moundridge. Mr. Koller had never married. He leaves one brother and five sisters, including Mrs. Maurice Kline of Newton.