Esther V. Koehn, 96, Hills, formerly of Luverne, died Friday, Nov. 23, 2001, at Tuff Memorial Home in Hills.
Services were Wednesday, Nov. 28, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Hills. The Rev. Lowell Berg officiated. Burial was in Flowerfield Cemetery, rural Hills.
Esther Nordby was born to August and Johanna (Moe) Nordby on Nov. 14, 1905, in Hills where she was raised and graduated from Hills High School. She was baptized and confirmed in Trinity Lutheran Church in Hills. Following her education she worked for the Hills Bakery for a few months and then began working for the Hills Post Office where she worked for 10 years. She then worked at Rock County Courthouse in Luverne where she was the deputy county auditor for 30 years.
She married Ray Koehn on Sept. 24, 1977, and moved to Luverne. Following Mr. Koehn's death on Jan. 22, 1990, she continued to live in Luverne until moving to Tuff Memorial Home in Hills in 1997.
Mrs. Koehn was a member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Hills where she was active in church circles and was church treasurer. She was also a member of Hills Senior Citizens, Luverne Senior Citizens and Rock County Historical Society.
Survivors include by two stepdaughters, Patricia Paske, Bloomington, and Dorothy Stager, Pipestone; stepgrandchildren; stepgreat-grandchildren; two nieces, Margaret Thornton, Madison, S.D., and Frances Muir, Jackson; five nephews, Jan Nordby, Sioux Falls, S.D., Craig Nordby, Ellicott City, Md., Todd Nordby, Garland, Texas, Lance Nordby, Hillsboro, Ore., and David Nordby, London, England; and one cousin, Raymond Nelson, Hills.
Mrs. Koehn was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, one stepgrandson, Tony Stager, two sisters, Anna (Mrs. Otto Bakke) and Rachel (Mrs. Alfred Bakke), and two brothers, G. Oliver Nordby and Joseph A. Nordby.
Engebretson Funeral Home, Luverne, was in charge of arrangements.