Obituary

Ruby Koehn, 59, Halstead, died December 25, 22002 at Via Christi Regional Medical Center, Wichita. She was born February 3, 1943 at Montezuma, daughter of Jacob F. and Irma Schmidt Whitesell. She was a longtime Halstead resident and was a nurse aid and homemaker.

She was a member of Grace Church of God in Christ Mennonite, rural Halstead.

On December 31, 1961 she married Leroy A. Koehn at Montezuma. He survives. Other survivors include three sons, Jerry L. Koehn and Brian W. Koehn, both of Halstead and David A. Koehn, Moundridge; daughter, Karen S. Giesbrecht, Lakin; her mother, Irma Whitesell, Moundridge; two brothers, Frank Whitesell, Halstead and Vernon Whitesell, Newton; three sisters, Margaret Boehs, Fairview, Oklahoma; Ruby Koehn, Moundridge and Sheryl Tinkler, Grandby, Colorado and 7 grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her father, Jacob Whitesell and one sister, Wanda Jantz.

Services were December 28 at the Church. Burial was in Halstead Cemetery.