Doris Koehn, the mother of Rodney Koehn, passed away recently. Her obituary can be found at
http://www.brookingsregister.com/v2_news_articles.php?heading=0&story_id=16248&page=80. If memory serves right, the wife of Jim Marking, the SDSU basketball coach from about 1965-1975, was Rodney's aunt. Her maiden name was Carola Emilie Koehn (
http://eidsnessfuneralhome.com/sitemaker/sites/Eidsne1/obit.cgi?user=595703Marking). Rodney went to Hillcrest, so those of us who went to Central never knew him very well until perhaps high school. He was in Guy O.'s physics and chemistry classes, and then later earned his degree in civil engineering at SDSU, I believe. Rodney was also on our basketball teams up through our junior year. We had a good time on the JV team that first year at the new high school.
Interestingly, Rodney's nieces, Deanne and Dawn Ganter, were students at the middle school during my early years of teaching there. They inherited some of Rodney's height, and were excellent students. I never knew they were close relatives of Rodney.
Our condolences and prayers go out to Rod and his family.
