Albin Olaf KOHS

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1910-33711
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 2000-MN-025711

Notes:

His mother’s maiden name is shown erroneously as Engman on his death certificate. It is Landstrom on his birth certificate.

In the 1940 census, he and his wife and children and his mother live in Grand Lake Twp in the same house in which he and his mother had lived in 1935. He is a farm laborer.

His obituary was published on p. B05 of the August 31, 2000, edition of the Duluth News-Tribune:

Albin O. Kohs, 90, of Seville Road, Saginaw, died Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2000, in St. Mary’s Medical Center.

He was born April 23, 1910, in Saginaw to Augus and Hannah (Engman) Kohs. He was a lifelong Saginaw resident and had been an employee of Duluth Winnipeg and Pacific Railway Company for 45 years, retiring Jan. 8, 1975. He married Edna M. Forsell 64 years ago in Duluth.

Albin loved his children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, and dancing, and watching baseball and boxing.

He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers.

Survivors include his wife, Edna; two sons, Kenneth (Betty) of Saginaw and Lyle (Barbara) of Bozeman, Mont.; two daughters, Janet (Bob) Willeck and Gloria (Chester) Hanson, both of Saginaw; a sister, Minnie, of New York; 11 grandchildren; and 16 great-granchildren.

Burial in Sunrise Memorial Park. Arrangements by Bell Brothers Funeral Directors - Bell Brothers Chapel, 601 N. 56th Avenue W.

In the notes for one of her Swedish visits, Naomi writes, “Got some letters from Alma for Albin Kohs. They were written by his mother to Alma in 37-38.”

One of his nieces remembers Albin as a big guy who spoke with a Swedish accent.

Birth:
at St. Mary’s Hospital

Albin married Edna Marie FORSELL in 1936 in Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota. Edna was born on 23 Jan 1911 in Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota; died on 9 Apr 2007 in St. Louis County, Minnesota; was buried in Sunrise Memorial Park, Hermantown, St. Louis County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 2003-MN-002873

Notes:

Middle name Joanne or Jo-Anne on her children’s birth certificates. Also Jo-Anne in the MOMS database.

Of Saginaw at the time of her father’s death.

Janet J. Willeck, 66, of Saginaw, died Thursday, Jan. 30, 2003, in Fairview University Medical Center, Minneapolis.

She was born on January 13, 1937, in Duluth, to Albin and Edna (Forsell) Kohs. Janet worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant for St. Louis County for 28 years until she retired.

She enjoyed when her grandchildren stayed over, the Friday 13th Gang get-to-gether, her church friends, lunch outings, and gal pal Shirley. She was involved with the women's 4-H Camp, and enjoyed trail walking. Janet also loved her weekend retreats with her best friend of 50 years, her husband Robert.

Janet was preceded in death by her father, Albin. She is survived by her mother, Edna Kohs of Saginaw; loving husband of 50 years, Robert of Saginaw; sons, Keith of Saginaw, Randall 'Randy' (Beverly 'Bev') of Brookston, and Jamie (Bonnie) of Eden Prairie; sister, Gloria (Chet) Hanson of Saginaw; brothers, Kenneth (Betty) Kohs of Saginaw, Lyle (Barb) Kohs of Bozeman, Mont.; four grandchildren, Cory, Heidi, Claire, and Grace.

Internment will be at Sunrise Memorial Park, Hermantown.

Died:
Fairview University as Janet Joann Willeck

Janet married Robert Franklin WILLECK on 5 Nov 1955 in St. Louis County, Minnesota. Robert was born on 14 Jun 1933 in St. Louis County, Minnesota; died on 11 Dec 2009 in Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota; was buried in Sunrise Memorial Park, Hermantown, St. Louis County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]