Extracted from The Peoria Journal Star (Peoria, IL)
Monday, December 1, 1997

MARY KOEHNE

PEKIN -- Mary T. Koehne, 69, of Davenport, Iowa, formerly of Pekin, died Saturday, Nov. 29, 1997, at Genesis Medical Center East Campus in Davenport.

Born May 17, 1928, in Bloomington to William T. and Lida Whittington Merna, she married Richard F. Koehne on July 22, 1950, in Peoria. He survives.

Also surviving are five sons, Dick and David, both of Pekin, Bob of Olathe, Kan., Jack of Wichita, Kan., and Dan of Kansas City, Mo.; two daughters, Mrs. Terry (Mary) Gahagan and Julie Koehne, both of Davenport; one sister, Mrs. Jerry (Eleanor) Menke of Peoria; one brother, Bill Merna of Canton; and 11 grandchildren.

She was a member of St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Davenport.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at her church.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Halligan-McCabe Funeral Home in Davenport, with recitation of the rosary at 7:30. Burial will be in Merna, Ill.