Adela Kohner — Rochester
Adela Kohner, 99, died peacefully Wednesday, April 20, 2016, at Arbor Terrace Senior Living in Rochester.
Adela Bertha Amanda Steuernagel was born July 9, 1916, in Utica Township, Winona County, Minnesota, to Albert and Anna (Tews) Steuernagel. Adela married Francis R. Kohner on Oct. 3, 1942. The couple lived in Winona until 1940, when they moved to Rosemount, Minn.; Hanford, Wash.; and then to Minneapolis in 1945. They moved to Rochester in 1967.
Adela moved to Arbor Terrace Senior Living in 2005. She was a member of Grace Lutheran Church, and enjoyed baking for family and friends, sewing, women's ministry at Grace, and knitting, crocheting, and playing cards.
Survivors include her daughters, Carol (John) Fjelsta of Richmond, Minn., and Diane (Gary) Koenig of Rochester; her son, John (Dawn) of Eden Prairie, Minn.; five grandchildren, Scott (Cindy) Fjelsta, Brad (Tanya) Fjelsta, Drew (Joanne) Koenig, Alisa Rippentrop, and Joseph Kohner; nine great-grandchildren; two brothers, Connie Steuernagel of Wabasha, and Ray Steuernagel of Winona; and her sister-in-law, Rita Steuernagel of Rochester.
Adela was preceded in death by her husband, Francis, who died July 14, 1978; her parents; two sisters; and two brothers.
The memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Grace Lutheran Church in Rochester, with Pastor Greg Heidorn officiating. Visitation will be one hour before the service at the church.
Arrangements by Mahn Family Funeral Home-Rochester Chapel. Friends may share a memory at www.mahnfamilyfuneralhome.com.
Adela Kohner — Rochester
Adela Kohner, 99, died peacefully Wednesday, April 20, 2016, at Arbor Terrace Senior Living in Rochester.
Adela Bertha Amanda Steuernagel was born July 9, 1916, in Utica Township, Winona County, Minnesota, to Albert and Anna (Tews) Steuernagel. Adela married Francis R. Kohner on Oct. 3, 1942. The couple lived in Winona until 1940, when they moved to Rosemount, Minn.; Hanford, Wash.; and then to Minneapolis in 1945. They moved to Rochester in 1967.
Adela moved to Arbor Terrace Senior Living in 2005. She was a member of Grace Lutheran Church, and enjoyed baking for family and friends, sewing, women's ministry at Grace, and knitting, crocheting, and playing cards.
Survivors include her daughters, Carol (John) Fjelsta of Richmond, Minn., and Diane (Gary) Koenig of Rochester; her son, John (Dawn) of Eden Prairie, Minn.; five grandchildren, Scott (Cindy) Fjelsta, Brad (Tanya) Fjelsta, Drew (Joanne) Koenig, Alisa Rippentrop, and Joseph Kohner; nine great-grandchildren; two brothers, Connie Steuernagel of Wabasha, and Ray Steuernagel of Winona; and her sister-in-law, Rita Steuernagel of Rochester.
Adela was preceded in death by her husband, Francis, who died July 14, 1978; her parents; two sisters; and two brothers.
The memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Grace Lutheran Church in Rochester, with Pastor Greg Heidorn officiating. Visitation will be one hour before the service at the church.
Arrangements by Mahn Family Funeral Home-Rochester Chapel. Friends may share a memory at www.mahnfamilyfuneralhome.com.
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