Obituary: Arnold Koehn

Arnold Koehn, 86, died April 3, 2016, at Newton Medical Center. He was born Aug. 28, 1929, in Galva to Peter W. and Clara (Nichols) Koehn. On Jan. 29, 1950, he married Neoma Ruth Jantz.

Arnold was a member of Eden Church of God in Christ Mennonite in rural Burns and was a retired farmer.

He is survived by his wife, Neoma of Moundridge; son, Stanley G. Koehn and his partner Jeanie Unruh; and daughter Geneva and her husband Roger Koehn. He also is survived by three brothers, Chester, Willard and Kenneth Koehn, and five sisters, Norma Jean, Vesta, Doris, Bernice and Vada. Arnold had seven grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, one sister and an infant son.

Funeral service will be April 6 at Eden Mennonite Church, with Ministers Lowell Koehn, Roland Koehn and Larry Koehn presiding. Visitation was at Petersen Funeral Home. Burial was in the Eden Mennonite Church Cemetery.

Memorials are suggested to Moundridge Manor in care of Petersen Funeral Home.

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