Roberta Tonn, 91, went to live with her heavenly Father and loved ones who had gone before her on Friday, July 6, 2018.

Roberta Tonn was the third of the four children born to Henry and Laura Kohler. She was born October 7, 1926 in Cheney, KS. She married Bob Tonn on March 24, 1946 in Cheney, Kansas. Bob and Roberta made their home south of Haven where they farmed and raised livestock. Bob entered heaven July 14, 1987. After his death, Roberta and son, Mark, continued farming and raising livestock.

Roberta was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, St. Paul’s Lutheran Women’s Missionary League, the monthly bible study group, and was a 60-year member of the Haven FCE (Family, Consumer, Education). She served in various offices and committees in these organizations and church.

Roberta is survived by her children and spouses, Donna Baumann, Pearland, TX, Steve and Cecelia Tonn, Blair, NE, Mark and Virginia Tonn, Mount Hope, KS; grandchildren and spouses Derek and Edna Baumann, Houston, TX, Candace and Johnny Cosgrove, Austin, TX, Donelle Baumann, Austin, TX, Courtney Baumann and Tray O’Dell, Austin, TX, Justin Tonn, Haven, KS, Ashley Tonn and John Vahsholtz, Enterprise, KS, Brad Tonn and Maria Tonn, Blair, NE, Tad and Isaak Baumann, Pearland, TX, great-grandchildren Diane Baumann, MJ and Kevin Allison, Houston, TX, Kalysta and Rhys Cosgrove, Austin, TX, Arabella Tonn, Wichita , KS, and Cooper Vahsholtz, Enterprise, KS, Great-great-grandchildren Lance Baumann and Keegan Allison, Houston, TX, and sister Ruth Lam, Kingman, KS.

Roberta was preceded in death by her husband, parents, sister Helen Reiff, brother Erwin Kohler, and son-in-law, Lowell Baumann.

In Loving Memory Roberta Tonn

October 7, 1926 ~July 6, 2018

Funeral Service 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, July 10, 2018 St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Haven, Kansas. Officiating: Pastor Russell Bonine. Music: Vicki Miller, Organist.

Pallbearers: Brad Tonn, Tad Baumann, John Reiff, Glen Kohler, Justin Tonn, Derek Baumann, Isaak Baumann

Honorary Pallbearers: Jason Weber, Don Weber, Michael Kohler, John Schmidt

Interment: St. Paul’s Cemetery, Haven, Kansas

Memorials: Christian Alliance for Orphans or St. Paul’s Lutheran Church

Arrangements by Ott Funeral Home, Haven, Kansas, Randy and Joan Ott, Athena Johnson

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

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