Raymond Wilbur Koehnk

October 12, 1920 — April 3, 2010

Raymond Wilbur Koehnk, the son of Otto and Anna Koehnk, was born on October 12, 1920 on a farm near Moneta, Iowa. After graduating from Everly High School in 1939, he attended the University of Iowa, where he was a member of the 1942 Iowa Big Ten championship baseball team. In August of 1943, he was married to Alvena Winterboer and had two children, Susan and Scott. Ray was especially proud to have been a member of Everly's 1939 state baseball championship team. He enjoyed all sports and was an avid hunter and fisherman. Ray served the community as a member of the Everly school board and the Lion's Club. After farming for many years he entered the crop insurance business and enjoyed being able to spend his entire life so close to agriculture and his hometown. Ray passed away at the Spencer Hospital on April 3, 2010, at the age of 89. He was preceded in death by his parents; an infant daughter, Ann; sisters, Jeannine, Wilma, and Hilda; brothers, Otto, Walt, and Melvin. Left to cherish his memory, are his wife, Alvena, of Everly; children, Susan Decker of Asheville, NC, and Scott Koehnk and his wife Diane, of Key Biscayne, FL; grandchildren, Travis Decker of Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Anna and Mary Koehnk of Key Biscayne, FL and a sister, Betty (Curt) Runkle of Spencer, IA.

SERVICES

A Memorial Service will take place Thursday April 8, at 11:00 A.M. at Hope Lutheran Church in Everly.

OFFICIATING

Pastor Lauren Ley

CASKET BEARERS

VISITATION

Visitation will take place an hour before the service at Hope Lutheran Church in Everly

MUSIC

Solo: "In The Garden" Congregational: "What A Friend We Have In Jesus" "Amazing Grace"

INTERMENT

Private inurnment at a later date

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