| Emily Alma Koehn November 18, 1920 April 27, 2008 |
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| Comments from friends and relatives May this tribute bring comforting words and pleasant memories during this difficult time. It has been an honor serving your family. Lanman Funeral Home Staff Name = C. A. & Jeanne Crissup E-mail = caandj3230@pldi.net Phone Number = 580-852-3239 Memorial Name = Emily Koehn Comments = To the family of Emily. We are so sorry for your loss but know she is in a much better place with no discomforts now. Will never forget her kindness to my mother and daddy and her diligence in fixing foods that he loved! Mother appreciated that so much too. May God bless you and help you in the days to come. You will miss her terribly. C. A. & Jeanne Name = Marguerite McMurtrey E-mail = mcfarms@akslc.net Phone Number = 580-596-2025 Memorial Name = Emily Koehn Comments = To Emily's family: I am sorry for the loss of your mother. She was a sweet lady. My mother, Adeline Gower, enjoyed quilting with her at the Helena Senior Citizens center and considered her a good friend Name = Bev Couch E-mail = BCouchOSU@cox.net Phone Number = 405.470.2017 Memorial Name = Emily Koehn Comments = Sorry to hear of the loss of your sweet mother. I will never forget her kindness and wonderful food she served my dad at the nursing home. Also, my surprise she baked me a Coconut Cream pie for my 50th birthday, the same day we buried my Aunt Irene in Helena. I couldn't believe she remembered it was my favorite. |
| Funeral service for Emily Alma Koehn, 87, will be Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 10:00 A. M. at the United Methodist Church in Helena with Rev. Vera Walton officiating. Burial will follow at New Hopedale Mennonite Cemetery in Meno with arrangements by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Helena. Viewing will be Tuesday from 1:00 until 6:00 P.M. and Wednesday from 10:00 A.M. until 6:00 P.M. at the funeral home and before the service at the church. Emily Alma Buller Koehn was born on November 18, 1920 in Waco, Texas to David Buller and Sara Kroeker Buller and passed from this life on April 27, 2008 at First Shamrock Care Center in Kingfisher. Emily married Joseph Koehn in 1940. They moved to the farm south of Helena in 1941 and into Helena in 1967, then to Kingfisher about five years ago. Joe passed away in 2006. Emily was a homemaker and cooked at Great Plains Care Center in Helena for many years. She was a Gold Star Mother and was a member of the Cherokee Territorial Wagon Train Club. Emily attended the Helena Senior Citizens Center and loved cooking, gardening and quilting. Emily is survived by five sons, Norman Koehn and wife, Fay, Jimmie Koehn and wife, Jackie, Donald Koehn, Martin Koehn and Bruce Koehn and wife, Angie; one daughter, Betty Decker and husband, Ronnie; five sisters, Ida Rempel, Clarine Johnson, Frances Schultz, Ruby Regier, Josie Slagell; two brothers, Vernon and Eldo Buller; thirteen grandchildren, Aaron, Cameron and Jay Decker, Todd and Chris Koehn, Misty and Sam Wyman, Melissa Heibel Jennifer Farrell, Chassidee Koehn, Danielle Backus, Beth Ann LeCrone, Daniel Koehn; ten great grandchildren, Keegan and Kazden Koehn, Christian Wyman, Austin and Fischer Heibel, Jacob Koehn-Howry, Jaelle and Justin Farrell, Will and Emily LeCrone. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joe; an infant son, Larry Dean, son, Arlin Wayne; two grandsons, Chad Alan and Chase Koehn; sisters, Elba May Logan and Evelyn Unruh and two sisters in childhood; one brother, Ralph Buller and one daughter-in-law, Shannon. Memorials may be given to the church, the Helena Senior Citizens or charity of the donor’s choice through the funeral home. |
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