Victoria, Kansas – Francis Joseph Kuhn, age 88, died Friday, August 5, 2016, at the Willow House in Hays, Kansas.
He was born April 29, 1928, on the farm at Emmeram, Kansas to Joseph M. and Elizabeth (Hoffman) Kuhn. He married Mary Jane (Kisner) on August 22, 1950, in Pfeifer, Kansas.
He was a clerk for the U S Post Office in Topeka, Kansas and retired in 1994. He was a U S Army veteran and served from 1950 to 1952. He attended grade school in Emmeram and was a graduate of Victoria High School. He was a very skilled woodworker of black walnut furniture, a devoted husband, dad and enjoyed his friends for coffee at the Victoria Coop. He moved to Victoria in 2003 and was a member of the Basilica of St. Fidelis Church and Knights of Columbus.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Jane Kuhn, of the home; two daughters, Pam Dougan and husband, Johnnie, Prescott, Arkansas; Peggy Fitzpatrick, Victoria, KS; two grandchildren, Joey Dougan and Carrie Paslay, and husband (Timothy); one great grandson, Zachary Doty.
He was preceded in death by his parents, one son-in-law, John Fitzpatrick; eight brothers, Raymond, John, Leo, Eugene “Ike”, Joseph, Clarence, Conrad, and Anton Kuhn; eight sisters, Celestina “Dena” Riedel, Margaret Dinkel, Delphina Copp, Hilaria “Larry” Windholz, Mary Brungardt, Leona Roholder, Lillian Windholz and Martina Bieker.
Services are 10:00 A.M. Tuesday, August 9, 2016, at The Basilica of St. Fidelis Victoria, Kansas. Burial in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Emmeram, Kansas with military honors by the Victoria V.F.W. Post
No. 1751.
A vigil service will be at 6:30 P.M. Monday followed by a Knights of Columbus Rosary at 7:00 P.M. Monday both at Cline’s-Keithley Mortuary, 412 Main Street, Victoria, Kansas 67671.
Visitation is from 6:00 to 9:00 P.M. Monday and from 8:30 to 9:45 A.M. Tuesday at Cline’s-Keithley Mortuary Victoria, Kansas.
In lieu of flowers family suggest memorial to American Heart Association. Condolences can be left by guestbook at www.keithleyfuneralchapels.com or via e-mail to [email protected].