Fulton-Marion County IN Archives Obituaries.....Koten, Margaret “Peg” Neerman January 26, 1991
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Rochester Sentinel , Monday, January 28, 1991


Monday, January 28, 1991

 

Margaret Koten

                Margaret “Peg” KOTEN, 84, a resident since 1981 of Marquette 
Manor, Indianapolis, died at 6:01 p.m. Saturday at the health care center at 
the manor.

                Mrs. Koten, who maintained a summer home on Lake Manitou, is 
believed to be the first child to be delivered in a hospital in Fulton 
County.  She was born on May 19, 1906 to Alfred G. and Chloe TROUTMAN NEERMAN 
shortly after the construction of the original Woodlawn hospital, located on 
the site now occupied by the Fulton County Public Library.  She was the 
granddaughter of the Hoosier poet John E. TROUTMAN, who was also of 
Rochester.  She lived in Indianapolis for 40 years.  On May 1, 1927 she 
married Roy Y. KOTEN, who died Aug. 19, 1976.

                She was a musician and the author of numerous articles for 
religious and children’s publications.  She was a 1926 graduate of the North 
Central College School of Music in Naperville, Ill.  The Koten Chapel at the 
college is named in honor of her and her hsband.  She was a member of the 
Lockerbie Square United Methodist Church, Indianapolis.  She had served in a 
variety of offices at the church, including president of the Women’s Society 
of World Service.  She also held leadership positions in the Women’s Society 
of Christian Church of the Southern Indiana Conference of the United Methodist 
Church.  She was active in a number of civic organizations of Irvington, the 
Irvington Historical Society and the Irvington Union of Clubs.  She was a past 
president of the Irvington Mothers Study Club.  She was an accomplished 
pianist and had accompanied musical groups in Detroit and Indianapolis.  She 
was a member of the Patroness Club of the Zeta Chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota, a 
music sorority, and was active in the Irvington Music Club.

                Surviving are a daughter, Jane KOTEN, Winnetka, Ill.; a son, 
John A. [KOTEN], Barrington Hills, Ill.; three grandchildren, John, Mark and 
Sarah [KOTEN], and four great-grandchildren.  Preceding in death was a sister, 
Mildred HAUMERSEN RIDDLE, on Jan. 24, 1990.

                Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Foster & Good Funeral 
Home, Rochester, with the Rev. Carl RICKS officiating.  Burial will be in the 
I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Rochester.  Friends may call after 1 p.m. Tuesday.  A 
memorial service will be held this spring at North Central College in 
Naperville.  Memorials may be made to North Central College, Naperville, IL 
60566 or to Lockerbie Squart United Methodist Church, Indianapolis IN 46204.

 



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