Mabel E. Koen

Mabel E. Koen, age 91, passed away at 10:04 a.m. Saturday, November 27, 2004 at Memorial Hospital of Carbondale.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, November 30 at Pettett Funeral Home with Mike Williams officiating and burial at Ava Evergreen Cemetery.  Friends called from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday and Tuesday until the hour of services at the funeral home.  In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the First Christian Church in Murphysboro.
Mabel was born October 17, 1913 in Du Quoin to Sandusky V. Williams and Jennie (Wilson) Williams.  She married Lawrence Koen in Murphysboro on December 17, 1932 and he preceded her in death on April 29, 1988.
Mrs. Koen was a member of First Christian Church in Murphysboro, a member of Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority and a member of the American Legion Post #127 Ladies Auxiliary.
She is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Carole and Glenn Wilcox; three grandchildren, Lisa Wilcox Rametta and husband Adam of Water Town, Minn., Brad Wilcox and wife Laura of Murphysboro and Steve Wilcox and wife Brandi of Murphysboro; three great-grandchildren, Colten Wilcox and Hunter Wilcox of Murphysboro and Emma Rametta of Water Town, Minn. and  one sister, Irene Melmuka of St. Peters, Mo.
She was preceded in death by one sister and four brothers
