Wilfred John Koehnemann

Jul 7, 1916 - May 1, 1987

Wilfred John Koehnemann, 70, of Plainfield, Ind., formerly of South Bend, died at 5:30 p.m. Friday in Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, as a result of an automobile accident. He was the owner of Bill's Janitorial Supply Co., South Bend, from 1975 to 1985.

He was born July 7, 1916, in Berea, Ohio.

In 1948, in South Bend, he married Frances Phieke, who survives with two daughters, Deborah Becker of Plainfield and Beth Koehnemann of Danville, Ind.; a grandson; and a brother, Donald Koehnemann of Westchester, Ill.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Hampton-Gentry Funeral Home, Plainfield, where friends may call from 4 to 6 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday. Burial will be in Maple Hill Cemetery, Plainfield. Mr.

Koehnemann was an Army veteran of World War II and a member of Emmanuel Methodist Church, South Bend, and the South Bend Masonic lodge.

Article from 03 May 1987 The South Bend Tribune (South Bend, IN)

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