FUNERAL SERVICES FOR
Irene Kohler 98
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
10:30 A.M.
St. John's Lutheran Church
Schuyler, Nebraska
Rev. Ruth Boettcher
VISITATION
Tuesday 4-7 P.M.
Kracl Funeral Chapel
Wednesday 9:30-10:30 A.M.
at the church
MEMORIALS
Family Wishes
COMMITTAL
Schuyler Cemetery
LUNCH
Church Fellowship Hall
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Irene Kohler, 98, of Schuyler, died Saturday, January 23, 2016, at the Golden Living Center in Schuyler
IRENE DOROTHY KOHLER AND HER IDENTICAL TWIN SISTER,ARLENE DELORES, WERE BORN DECEMBER 27, 1917 TO GEORGE AND ANNA (KUNNEMAN) BOOTH ON A FARM IN RURAL COLFAX COUNTY. IRENE AND ARLENE ATTENDED GRADE SCHOOL AT DISTRICT 43, AND SCHUYLER HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATING IN 1935. IRENE HAS BEEN A LIFE LONG RESIDENT OF SCHUYLER. ON DECEMBER 18, 1941 SHE MARRIED ROY KOHLER AT KOUNTZE MEMORIAL CHURCH IN OMAHA. SHE HAS BEEN A LIFE LONG MEMBER OF ST. JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH AND WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKING MANY HUNDREDS OF QUILTS WHICH WERE SENT TO LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF. IRENE AND ARLENE BECAME FAMOUS FOR THE CREAM PIES THEY MADE FOR THE CHURCH BAZAAR EVERY YEAR. IRENE WORKED FOR KOHLER & MENTZER OIL CO. , DUBSKY'S IGA, DON'S SHOE STORE, AS WELL AS DON'S BAKERY DURING HER WORKING YEARS. IRENE HELPED HER SON MARV WITH HIS FIREWORKS BUSINESS, AND RECEIVED A SPECIAL HONOR WHEN HE CELEBRATED 50 YEARS IN THE BUSINESS. SHE ALSO HELPED MARV WITH HIS CHRISTMAS TREE BUSINESS FOR OVER TEN YEARS. IRENE SERVED HER COMMUNITY BY BEING A VOLUNTEER DELIVERING MEALS ON WHEELS AND SERVING ON IT'S BOARD. SHE ALSO WAS A MEMBER OF THE COLFAX COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND WORKED AT THE MUSEUM. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE HOSPITAL AUXILIARY AND WORKED IN THE HOSPITAL GIFT SHOP. SHE RECEIVED THE AKSARBEN GOOD NEIGHBOR AWARD, AND SHE AND ARLENE WERE CHOSEN AS JOINT RECIPIENTS OF THE SERTOMA SERVICE TO MANKIND AWARD. IRENE AND ARLENE WERE HONORED ON THEIR 80TH BIRTHDAY WITH A SPECIAL PARTY AT THE OAK BALLROOM WHERE THEY DANCED TOGETHER AS THEY HAD DONE MANY TIMES IN THEIR EARLY YEARS. IRENE ENJOYED BOWLING, GOLF, AND PLAYING CARDS. SHE WAS AN AVID DOLL COLLECTOR, AND COULD ALWAYS FIND ROOM FOR ONE MORE DOLL. IRENE WAS AN EXAMPLE OF A GENERATION THAT WORKED HARD, CARED ABOUT OTHERS, AND WOULD ALWAYS HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT AND A CUP OF COFFEE FOR ANYONE WHO STOPPED BY.
LEFT TO CHERISH HER MEMORY ARE SON MARVIN AND WIFE MARGIE OF G RAND ISLAND, STEP GRANDSON JIM ROGERS OF COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, N IECE BETTY HERDE OF SCHUYLER NIECES, NEPHEWS, AND MANY, MANY FRIENDS. PRECEDING HER IN DEATH WERE HER HUSBAND ROY OF 52 YEARS, SISTER, ARLENE AND BROTHER- IN -LAW WOODROW HERDE, AND HER PARENTS. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, MEMORIALS MAY BE SENT TO THE FAMILY FOR DESIGNATION AT A LATER DATE.