rwbrauer@iland.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise Hoehns" <rwbrauer@iland.net> To: <MOBENTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 10:42 AM Subject: Matilda E. J. Koeller > Please note: Many obits contain many errors. > > Cole Camp Courier > > Thursday, November 9, 2000 > > Matilda E. J. Koeller > > Matilda Ella Josie Koeller, 83, of Cole Camp, died Thursday, November 2, > 2000, at the Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Cole Camp. She was born July 7, > 1917, at Mt. Hulda, a daughter of John and Anna Lackman Kerksiek. > > On October 6, 1940, in Mt. Hulda Lutheran Church, Cole Camp, she was united > in marriage to Clarence Koeller, who survives of the home. > > She was a homemaker and a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Cole > Camp. > > Besides her husband, she is survived by two daughters, Iverne, Mrs. Charles > Johnson of Rantoul, Illinois and Diana, Mrs. David Moelman of Cole Camp; two > sons, Alvin Koeller and his wife Maurine of Florence and Kenneth Koeller and > his wife Barbara of Sedalia; ten grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. > She was preceded in death by her parents, three sisters, Ida Pritzel, Lillie > Brunjes and Lena Kerksiek and four brothers, Ernest Kerksiek, Olaf Kerksiek > and two in infancy. > > Funeral services were Sunday, November 5, 2000, at the Trinity Lutheran > Church in Cole Camp with the Reverend Randal Ehrichs and Vicar Todd Bunge > officiating. Burial was in Trinity Cemetery. > > Pallbearers were Roland Kerksiek, Leroy Pritzel, Charlie Kast, Elmer > Dieckman, Raymond Schnakenberg, Raymond Metscher and Harlan Bahrenberg. > > The family suggests memorial contributions be given to Trinity Lutheran New > Church Building Fund, or the Good Samaritan Nursing Home, in the care of the > funeral home. > > rwbrauer@iland.net >