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Mabel Kohl

December 9, 1914 — November 14, 2014


Mabel Kohl, age 99, of Atwater, died Friday evening, November 14, at the Emmanuel Home in Litchfield.

Services will be held at 10 A.M., Wednesday, November 19, at St. John Lutheran Church north of Atwater. Interment will be in the Union Cemetery. Visitation will be 1 hour prior to the service at the church. Arrangements are with Peterson Brothers Atwater Funeral Home. Memorials are preferred to the Atwater Block Nurse Program or the Atwater Meals on Wheels Program. (www.petersonbrothers.com)

Mabel Kohl was born on December 9, 1914 in Atwater, Minnesota, the daughter of Caroline (Mohr) and Theodore Kahmeyer. She grew up in that area and received her education. On August 12, 1939, she married Edwin Robert Kohl and they made their home in Litchfield for a time before moving to Willmar. They also lived for a short time in California then Shelby, Iowa, before moving back to Grove City and purchased a restaurant that they owned and operated. They later moved to Lake Stella near Darwin, Grand Rapids and Rosedale before returning to Atwater. She cooked and did the baking at the Golden Eagle Restaurant that was owned by their son Donald and was the restaurant that Edwin and Mable owned earlier in their marriage. She was a member of St. John Lutheran Church and she enjoyed cooking, baking and crocheting.

She is survived by 1 son, Robert (and Darlene) Kohl of Gadsden, Alabama, 5 grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren, 6 step great grandchildren, 13 great great grandchildren and 7 step great great grandchildren. Also surviving are 3 sisters; Luella Marquardt of Litchfield, Arlene Rueckert of Litchfield and Genevieve (and Dennis) Lietzau of Bloomington, besides other relatives and friends.

Mabel was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Edwin in 1987, son, Donald in 1998, 2 brothers; Ronald and Lamoine Kahmeyer and 5 sisters; Viola Christoffer, Florence Christoffer, Adeline Stenger, Bernice Rueckert and Dorothy Wischman.



Cemetery Details

Union Cemetery

Atwater, MN, 56209

Visitation

NOV 19. 09:00 AM - 10:00 AM

St. John Lutheran Church

19903 56th Ave. NE

Atwater, MN, US, 56209

Service

NOV 19. 10:00 AM

St. John Lutheran Church

19903 56th Ave. NE

Atwater, MN, US, 56209

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