Kuehny, Harold (1907-2006)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2006 Nov 27 p. 8

Birth date: 1907 Dec 7

HAROLD KUEHNY

Harold Kuehny, 98, of Blackwell, Okla., died Nov. 3, 2006. He was born Dec. 7, 1907, to Henry and Katherine (Schnebele) Kuehny on the family farm northeast of Deer Creek.

He grew up attending Deer Creek Public Schools, graduating from Deer Creek High School. He then furthered his education at Bethel College in North Newton, Kan., where he was active in the college choir and participated on the football team. When his father died, he returned to the family farm and assisted with the farming operation and worked at the service station in Deer Creek.

On May 2, 1934, he married Maurine Reusser, and they settled in Deer Creek.

In 1938 he assumed full farming duties, and they moved to the farm in 1942. In 1952 he entered the dozer business for 25 years, building many terraces, waterways and ponds. He also ran a bulk fuel and tire retail business in Deer Creek for 10 years. He continued farming and harvested his last crop at age 90. They later moved to Blackwell.

He was an active member of Deer Creek Mennonite Church. He served in all offices of the Grant County Conservation Board. He also served on the Deer Creek School Board, the local telephone board and the election board. He held membership in the Milking Shorthorn Association and was a charter member of the Deer Creek Lions Club. His lifelong hobby was collecting rocks.

Survivors include his wife, Maurine, of Blackwell; three sons, Loren Kuehny and his wife, Loretta, of Medford, Paul Kuehny and his wife, Dixie, of Deer Creek, and Jerry Kuehny of Blackwell; nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a sister, Esther Bechtel; and three brothers, Ralph, Carl and John Kuehny.

Services were held at Deer Creek Mennonite Church. Burial was in Bayard Cemetery in Deer Creek.