Janice J. Koehler
OSMOND — Funeral service for Janice J. Koehler, (Mrs. Marvin Koehler) 81, of Osmond will be held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, March 4, 2021, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Osmond. Officiating the service will be Rev. Carl Lilienkamp. Interment will take place at Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery in rural Osmond. Organist will be Lori Koehler and cross bearer will be Aaron Lorenz. Janice's grandsons, Brandon Koehler and Nathan Krohn, will sing “Children Of The Heavenly Father.” Congregational hymns will be “I Know That My Redeemer Lives,” “The Lord Is My Shepherd, I Shall Not Want” and “God Be With You Till We Meet Again." Pallbearers will be Janice's grandsons, Justin Lorenz, Matthew Lorenz, Brandon Koehler, Jordan Koehler, Noah Koehler, Preston Koehler, Miguel Gonzales, Nathan Krohn and Caleb Krohn. Honorary pallbearers will be her granddaughters, Amanda Siecke, Shannan Johnson, Alex Gonzales, Angel Gonzales and Laurel Krohn.
Visitation will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, also at Immanuel Lutheran Church. There will be no COVID-19 re
There will be no COVID-19 restrictions for the service or visitation.
Janice died on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton, SD, after a lengthy battle with a chronic lung disease. Stonacek Memorial Chapel in Osmond is in charge of the arrangements.
Janice JoAnn Koehler was born Jan. 14, 1940, in Osmond to Johannes and Elsie (Buske) Kumm. She was baptized on Feb. 11, 1941, by Rev. Eric Holstein and confirmed on March 29, 1953, by Rev Theo Wieting, both at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Osmond. Janice attended Immanuel Lutheran School for eight years and graduated from Osmond High School in 1957. She was married to Marvin L. Koehler on June 23, 1957, by the Revs. Marcus Gerike and Don Braunersreuther at Immanuel Lutheran Church. Their marriage was blessed with four children: Tamara, Dean, Donna and Linda. They built a life together farming and feeding cattle until their retirement in 1998 when they built a new home in Osmond. During the years on the farm, Janice spent hours meticulously caring for their home, her flowers, gardening, canning, cooking, baking and mowing. She was a lifetime member of the Osmond Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary and the American Legion Auxiliary. She was a 4-H leader and a member of the Hillside Pals Club, as well as belonging to a couples card club meeting once a month for 40 years. Janice’s passion was for her family, taking great joy in attending her children’s, grandchildren’s and great-grandchildren’s many activities and sporting events. God had entrusted to her strength and determination in meeting life’s challenges. She knew the importance of faith in God, family, hard work, love, laughter, respect and helping others. May the ultimate gift of unconditional love she instilled in her family be a guiding strength in their hearts and lives. Her greatest enjoyment came from time spent with her loving and devoted family who were her greatest blessings and accomplishments. She was a loving, caring, devoted wife, mother, grandmother, greatgrandmother and friend who will be dearly missed by all who knew her.
Survivors include her husband, Marvin, of Osmond; her children and their families, Tamara (Michael) Lorenz of Beemer and family — Justin (Jill) Lorenz (children Samuel, Molly, Paige), Amanda (Shane) Siecke (children Aaron, Jacie, Tate), Matthew (Carissa) Lorenz (children Rylee, Bristol) and Shannan (Jed) Johnson (children Kailey, Zachary, Beckett, Piper), son Dean (Lori) Koehler of Osmond and family — Brandon (Julianna), Jordan (Ashley) (children Brecklyn, Grayson), Noah and girlfriend Rachel Schopke and Preston Koehler and fiancé Sam Aschoff, daughter Donna (Max) Gonzales of Lincoln and family — Angel, Alex and Miquel Gonzales, daughter Linda (Larry) Krohn and their children — Nathan, Laurel (Josh) Herrick and Caleb and girlfriend Andrea Schmit; brothers Gerald (Hazel) Kumm and John (Lois) Kumm; sister Verona (Dale) Howard, sister-in-law Lois Koehler and many nieces and nephews.
Janice was preceded in death by her parents, John and Elsie Kumm; her father- and mother-in-law, Walter and Lena Koehler; brothers-in-law, Dale and Ronald Koehler, and sister-in-law, Fern Koehler.
Condolences may be expressed to the family on-line at www.stonacekfuneralchapel.com.
