Martha Koehn
Obituary
Martha Elizabeth Wiens Koehn, 98,
passed away Wednesday (Nov. 15, 2017). Martha was born Feb. 13, 1919,
just a few minutes before her twin sister, Frieda, in Mahaudi, India,
where her parents, Peter and Agnes Harder Wiens, were missionaries.
She attended Woodstock Boarding School
in the Himalayan Mountains of India before coming to the states to
attend Bethel College. It was at Bethel College that she met Galen
Koehn, whom she married in 1941. Once her own children were in
school, she returned to teaching. She taught seventh and eighth grade
English at Chisholm Junior High School in Newton for 23 years.
Martha is survived by her children;
Galen Roy Jr. (Paulette) of Gaithersburg, Maryland, Diana
Macauley-Koehn of Wheatland, Maryland, Wendy Jones (David) of Ankeny,
Iowa, and Larry (Mary) of North Palm Beach, Florida; 10
grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her
husband; son, Kenneth; her parents; and siblings: Ferdinand, Rudolf,
Agnes (Mieka) Bailey and Frieda Epp Kaufman.
Memorial Service will be at 3 p.m.
Sunday (Nov. 19, 2017) at the Bethel College Mennonite Church.
Private inurnment of her ashes will take place before the service at
the Church Columbarium. Visitation will immediately follow the
service in the fellowship hall of the church.
Memorial contributions can be made to
the Bethel College Mennonite Church in her memory.
