Albin Olaf KOHS

1910 - 2000  (90 years)

• Name	Albin Olaf KOHS
  Birth	23 Apr 1910	St. Louis County, Minnesota
  	at St. Mary’s Hospital
  Gender	Male
  Minnesota Birth Certificate	1910-33711
  Minnesota Death Certificate	2000-MN-025711
  Death	29 Aug 2000	Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota
  Burial	Sunrise Memorial Park, Hermantown, St. Louis County, Minnesota
  Notes	His mother’s maiden name is shown erroneously as Engman on his death certificate. It is Landstrom on his birth certificate. In the 1940 census, he and his wife and children and his mother live in Grand Lake Twp in the same house in which he and his mother had lived in 1935. He is a farm laborer. His obituary was published on p. B05 of the August 31, 2000, edition of the Duluth News-Tribune: Albin O. Kohs, 90, of Seville Road, Saginaw, died Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2000, in St. Mary’s Medical Center. He was born April 23, 1910, in Saginaw to Augus and Hannah (Engman) Kohs. He was a lifelong Saginaw resident and had been an employee of Duluth Winnipeg and Pacific Railway Company for 45 years, retiring Jan. 8, 1975. He married Edna M. Forsell 64 years ago in Duluth. Albin loved his children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, and dancing, and watching baseball and boxing. He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers. Survivors include his wife, Edna; two sons, Kenneth (Betty) of Saginaw and Lyle (Barbara) of Bozeman, Mont.; two daughters, Janet (Bob) Willeck and Gloria (Chester) Hanson, both of Saginaw; a sister, Minnie, of New York; 11 grandchildren; and 16 great-granchildren. Burial in Sunrise Memorial Park. Arrangements by Bell Brothers Funeral Directors - Bell Brothers Chapel, 601 N. 56th Avenue W. In the notes for one of her Swedish visits, Naomi writes, “Got some letters from Alma for Albin Kohs. They were written by his mother to Alma in 37-38.” One of his nieces remembers Albin as a big guy who spoke with a Swedish accent.
  Person ID	I13699	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	Daniel KOHS,   b. 13 Nov 1866, Germany d. 31 Jan 1917, Grand Lake Twp, St. Louis County, Minnesota (Age 50 years)
  Mother	Katrina Johanna (Hanna) LANDSTRÖM,   b. 7 Feb 1867, Nordmalings, Västerbottens län, Sweden d. 19 Apr 1942, Saginaw, Grand Lake Twp, St. Louis County, Minnesota (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	31 Dec 1903	Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota
  Family ID	F108	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edna Marie FORSELL,   b. 23 Jan 1911, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota d. 9 Apr 2007, St. Louis County, Minnesota (Age 96 years)
  Marriage	1936	Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota
  Children	1. Janet Joan KOHS,   b. 13 Jan 1937, St. Louis County, Minnesota d. 30 Jan 2003, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F10207	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2008