Please note: Many obits contain many errors. Cole Camp Courier, January 24, 1963 Mrs. Gesena Koeller Dies At Age 90 Mrs. Gesena Maria Koeller, widow of the late John H. Koeller, passed away at her home three miles south of Cole Camp at 1:30 Saturday afternoon, January 19, at the age of 90 years, 7 months and 20 days. She had been in failing health for the past eight years. Funeral services were held at 1:00 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Trinity Lutheran Church with the Rev. J.W. Boehne, pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church, officiating. Pallbearers were: Alfred Brockman, Ernest Kohrs, Emil Harms, Lawrence Koeller, Fred Koeller and Fred Steffens. Interment was in the Monsees Lutheran cemetery south of Cole Camp. Mrs. Gesena Maria Koeller was born May 20, 1872 at Cole Camp, Missouri, a daughter of the late Peter and Louisa Haushild Kohrs. She was baptized in infancy. Her entire life was spent in the Cole Camp community. On November 13, 1891 she was united in marriage to Mr. Dietrich Boettjer. Four children were born to this union. A daughter, Beta, died at the age of two years. Mr. Boettjer preceded her in death on May 9, 1904. On March 8, 1914 she was united in marriage to John H. Koeller. The couple resided on a farm near Cole Camp. To this union one son was born. Mr. Koeller preceded her in death on April 21, 1955. Survivors include one son, Ferdinand Boettjer, Cole Camp; two daughters, Mary, Mrs. Albert Metscher of the home, and Mrs. Frank Kohlmetz of Waukesha, Wisconsin, children of the first marriage and one son, Albert Koeller of the home, by the second marriage, one grandchild and three great-grandchildren. Funeral services were under the direction of the Fox Funeral Home, Cole Camp. I find her fathers obituary, first, in Cole Camp Courier, dated April 14, 1904. His name is Peter Kohrs, dying of erysipelas after being ill eight days. All the following comes from this obituary: born Hanover, GER, came to USA 1871, arriving in New Orleans, staying there about 3 months. Then he arrived in Benton county, staying here till his death. Married in GER, but wife passed away in 1874. Then he married Miss Mary Kruse, who survived, along with two children from first marriage, Mrs. Dick Boettjer and Gerdt Henry Kohrs (Ernest's father). Buried Monsees cemetery. Then I find a thank you for help, and etc. at the death of their mother, Mary Kohrs, signed by the families of Henry Kohrs, and Mrs. John Koeller. She died May 18, 1932. rwbrauer@iland.net