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Theran J. Koehn, 60

Theran J. Koehn, 60, of Blair, died Saturday, Sept. 5, 2009, at Memorial Community Hospital in Blair.

Funeral services were Tuesday, Sept. 8 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Wisner. Interment was in the Wisner Cemetery with military honors by VFW Post No. 5767 of Wisner.

Theran Jay Koehn was born Nov. 14, 1948, in a 1938 Chevrolet between Tabor and Yanton, S.D., to Theodore and Vivian (Vinson) Koehn.

He was baptized and confirmed at the Mennonite Church in Avon, S.D.

He graduated from Avon High School in 1967. He served in the United States Army from 1969 to 1971, serving in Vietnam in 1970.

On April 21, 1973, he married Linda Jurgensen. The couple lived in Wisner, then moved to Blair in 1988.

Mr. Koehn was employed in the telephone industry for 40 years by Great Plains Communications and HunTel Engineering of Blair.

He was a lifetime member of Wisner VFW Post No. 5767 and served as post commander of VFW Post No, 1251 of Blair for many years. He was a former member of the Wisner Volunteer Fire Department.

He enjoyed gardening and riding his “trike” motorcycle.

He is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Travis and Beth Koehn of Round Rock; daughter, Nikki Koehn of Blair; two grandchildren; brothers and sister-in-law, Curtis and Betty Koehn of Avon, S.D. and Merritt Koehn of Kennesaw; sister and brother-in-law, Linda and Craig Zachariasen of Lincoln; several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Linda, in May 2008; an infant daughter; and an infant brother.

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~