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Phyllis R Koehler

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[April 15, 2015]  CARLINVILLE - Phyllis R Koehler, 91, formerly a resident of Mount Pulaski and Illinois City passed away on April 12, 2015 of natural causes.

Visitation: From 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, April 15 at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski.

Service: 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday at the funeral home

Funeral home: Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski.

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Phyllis R Koehler, 91, formerly a resident of Mount Pulaski and Illinois City passed away on April 12, 2015 of natural causes.

Phyllis was born on March 14, 1924 to Roy and Nola Rector in rural Rock Island County. She was a 1941 graduate of Muscatine(IA) High School, and later a graduate of Western Illinois University, majoring in education. She became a school teacher, and taught elementary studies and music for the Rockridge and Westmer school districts from 1950 to her retirement in 1982.

Phyllis married Harold "Hap" Koehler on June 21, 1947 in Lake Fork. She became a widow 42 years later, but had four sons of their marriage. Jeffery Charles of Letts IA, Christopher Robin of Illinois City, Jonathan Joel also of Illinois City, and David Chad of Lincoln.

Phyllis had many special talents, most notably her music. She was an accomplished pianist, and played for church services at Providence Baptist, Mount Pulaski Christian, and at many weddings and special occasions for over 55 years.

She is preceded in death by her husband Harold, a brother, Charles Rector, sister Marjorie Cotton, and granddaughter Jennifer Koehler. Remaining to honor her memory is a sister Marcy Dufner of Carlinville, Phyllis' four sons and their spouses, eight grand and seven great-grandchildren, and many thousands of elementary students she taught throughout her lifetime.

Services for Phyllis will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 15, 2015, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski. A visitation will be held from 1-3:00 p.m. on Wednesday at the funeral home. Interment will be at the Mount Pulaski Cemetery, with Pastor Paul Brooks of the Providence Baptist Church officiating.

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