Benton-Linn-Tama County IA Archives Obituaries.....Koeppen, Dean Allen May 27, 1977 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ia/iafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Stacey Smith staceyjo@netins.net July 21, 2009, 1:53 pm Vinton News June 1977 Dean A. Koeppen Van Horne---Funeral services were held this morning at St Andrew's Lutheran church in Van Horne for Dean Allen Koeppen, 45, who was killed in a one car accident late Friday afternoon. The Rev. Glenn Renken officiated and burial was in St John's Cemetery at Newhall where graveside military rites were conducted by Thomas Bevins Post No 148 of the American Legion. He was born June 18, 1931, at Elberon, a son of Rudy and Viola Koeppen. He served in the Navy from 1950-1954, and married Frances Peterson on April 21, 1957, at Newhall. A former Van Horne fireman and former member of the City Council, he was employed as a bookkeeper at Thermogas, Marengo. In addition to his widow, he is survived by two daughters, Cindy and Kathy, at home; his mother of Elberon; two sisters, Mrs. Melvin (Audrey) Papesh of Cedar Rapids and Mrs. Roy (Colleen) Albers of Keystone; and one brother, Eugene of Solon. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ia/benton/obits/k/koeppen322nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/iafiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb