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GOHN, Helen Hildred: Died 1984

GOHN, EVANS, FORNEY, RAINES, BARROW, FORDYCE, LETTS, RHODEBECK

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Date: 3/21/2018 at 14:37:26

Helen Gohn

FAIRFIELD - Helen Hildred Gohn, 81, of 903 W. Burlington, died at noon June 6, 1984, at Keota Maplewood Manor.

She was born Feb. 8, 1903, near Batavia to Elmer and Myrta Evans Forney. She married Robert J. Raines on Feb. 24, 1923. He died in January 1960.

She married Oliver Gohn on Dec. 9, 1961. He died on Sept. 18, 1979.

She lived in Fairfield most of her life. She was a member of the First Christian Church and attended the Nazarene Church. She was also a member of the Eastern Star, Rebekahs and the VFW Auxiliary.

Surviving are two sons, Robert J. Raines Jr. of Birmingham and Leonard Raines of Des Moines; two daughters, Dorothy Barrow of Fairfield and Karen Fordyce of Davenport; three stepsons, Oliver Gohn Jr. of Emmetsburg, Vernard Gohn of North Carolina and Howard Gohn of Davenport; a stepdaughter, Barbara Letts of Olathe, Kan.; two brothers, Earl Forney of Fairfield and John Forney of Ankeny; a sister, Marie Rhodebeck of Washington; and eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Raymond Funeral Home in Fairfield with Pastor Robert Kelley officiating. Burial will be at Evergreen Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to the Nazarene or First Christian churches.

Source: Van Buren Co. Genealogical Society Obituary Book, J, Page 128, Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, IA


 

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