Ardell Koehn

Ardell E. Koehn, age 77 of Little Falls, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family on Wednesday, July 3, 2024 at her home in Little Falls, Minnesota.

A funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 9 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Farming with Rev. David Steege officiating. Interment will be held in Our Savior’s Lutheran Cemetery in Albany following the lunch.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday and from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Farming.

Ardell Eileen Cigelske was born March 3, 1947 in Collegeville Township, Stearns County, Minnesota to Adolf and Olive (Lemke) Cigelske. She was united in marriage to Roger Koehn on June 19, 1965 at Ebenezer Lutheran Church in Albany, Minnesota. Ardell worked at St. John’s University in housekeeping for 26 years. Ardell and Roger lived in various towns over the years but most of their married life lived on a farm near Elmdale. She was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Farming. Ardell enjoyed traveling, playing cards and dice, and loved planting marigolds in her flower gardens.

Survivors include her husband, Roger Koehn of Little Falls; children, Sheila (Kyle) Thieschafer of Long Prairie, Dave (Ella) Koehn of Alexandria, and Darren Koehn of Little Falls; grandchildren, Dustin, Brandon, Aaron, Kayla, Lucy, Coltan, Jared, and Dylan; 16 great-grandchildren; and sister, Erna Radtke.

Ardell was preceded in death by her parents; son, Dale Koehn; brothers, Alvin, Allen, Lester, Virgil, Junior, Lavern “Vernie”, and Delroy; sisters, Wilma Scheid, Jill Sabrowsky, Darlene Cigelske, and Valeria “Tutti” Christen; and father and mother-in-law, Waldemar and Verna Koehn.