Rose B. Kohne, 96, Minster, died Feb. 19, 2011, at Otterbein in St. Marys.

She was born May 10, 1914, in Maria Stein to John and Regina Braun Meinerding. On May 10, 1941, she married August Kohne, who died March 24, 1984.

Surviving are three children, Becky (Richard) Poeppelman, Fort Loramie, Daniel (Vicki) Kohne, Lyndon Station, Wisc., and Richard Kohne, St. Marys; a sister, Sister Regina Meinerding, St. Charles, Mo.; two sisters-in-law, Marie Meinerding, Fort Loramie, and Rita Meinerding, St. Marys; nine grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

Also deceased is a son, Robert Kohne; a sister, Alvira Braun; and three brothers, Wes, Ivo and Ralph Meinerding.

She was a member of St. Augustine Catholic Church in Minster, a member of the St. Monica Ladies Sodality and The Catholic Ladies of Columbia of the church. She was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles 1391 Ladies Auxiliary of Minster. She retired from the former Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company of St. Marys after 20 years.

Funeral Mass is 10 a.m. Wednesday at the church, the Rev. Rick Nieberding officiating. Burial is at the church cemetery.

Calling 4-8 p.m. Tuesday and 9-9:30 a.m. Wednesday at Hogenkamp Funeral Home in Minster.

Memorials may be made to the Grand Lake Hospice.