Armin Paul KOHLER
KOHLER, HILLGENDORF, JOHNSON, SCHULTZ, GERMAN, REINHOLZ, DIRCKERSON, CHEVALIER, THOMAS
Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 5/18/2011 at 06:25:21
Obituary - Armin Paul Kohler
Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Wednesday, February 01, 2006MASON CITY — Armin Paul KOHLER, 88, of 842 Fifth St. S.E., died Monday (Jan. 30, 2006) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit.
Funeral services will be held 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Trinity Lutheran Church, 213 N. Pennsylvania Ave., with the Rev. James MAGELSSEN officiating. Private family inurnment services will take place at the Kensett Cemetery, Kensett.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. today at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., and continues one hour before services on Thursday at the church.
Memorials may be given to the Armin KOHLER Memorial Fund.
Armin was born Nov. 19, 1917, in Tomah, Wis., the son of the Rev. Gottlieb and Martha (HILLGENDORF) KOHLER. In 1928, at the age of 10, he moved with his family to Mason City where his father served as pastor of Zion German Methodist Church. He graduated from Mason City High School in 1936.
As a young boy, Armin was interested in radio and electronics. After high school, he worked for the NYA, National Youth Administration, in communications. In 1939, Armin attended First National Radio and Television School in Kansas City, Mo. After graduation, he worked for KITE in Kansas City, KFJB in Marshalltown and KDTH in Dubuque.
Armin enlisted in the U.S. Army on Aug. 8, 1942. During the war, he was stationed at Fort Monmouth, N.J., and Pine Camp, now Camp Drum, New York. As a sergeant, he was an instructor in the Signal Corps and also worked in psychological warfare.
After the war, Armin attended Hamilton Business College and worked for KRIB radio in Mason City.
Armin married Helen JOHNSON on May 27, 1954, at Bethany Lutheran Church, Kensett. In 1954, Armin started working for KGLO radio and television as an engineer installing equipment at the transmitter in Kensett. He continued to work for the television station until he retired in January 1981.
Regardless of the weather conditions, Armin would commute to the KGLO tower in St. Ansgar and would not hesitate to help stranded motorists along the way. Armin operated and maintained an amateur radio station license since 1939, WØJHC. He was a founding member of the North Iowa Amateur Ham Radio Club, having many ham operator friends. Armin was also a member of Trinity Lutheran Church.
Armin is survived by his wife, Helen KOHLER, of Mason City; four children, Elaine SCHULTZ and husband, Byron, of Forest City, Barbara GERMAN and husband, David, of Brookings, S.D., Paul KOHLER and wife, Terijo, of Fort Worth, Texas, Margaret REINHOLZ and husband, Eric, of Omaha, Neb.; 10 grandchildren, Ainslie SCHULTZ, Rob SCHULTZ, Amanda SCHULTZ, Jennifer GERMAN, Jonathan GERMAN, Christopher GERMAN, Blake KOHLER, Maria DICKERSON, Jason CHEVALIER and Daniel CHEVALIER: two great-grandchildren, Shavia DICKERSON and Aubery DICKERSON; sister, Emma THOMAS of Des Moines; sister-in-law, Elizabeth KOHLER of Mason City.
Armin was preceded in death by his parents; and two brothers, Karl and Lawrence.
Major Erickson Funeral Home & Crematory, (641) 423-0924. www.majorericksonfuneralhome.com
Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, May of 2011
Cerro Gordo Obituaries maintained by Lynn Diemer-Mathews.
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