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Patricia 'Patsy' Colleen Newcomb Koehn
PATRICIA "PATSY" COLLEEN
NEWCOMB KOEHN
Cedar Rapids
Patricia "Patsy" Colleen Newcomb Koehn, 64, of Cedar Rapids, died Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at UnityPoint Health-St. Luke's Hospital. Private services will be held at Trinity Lutheran Church. Burial: St. John's Cemetery, Victor.
Friends and extended family are invited to watch the visitation and funeral via Zoom. Please find the Zoom link on Patsy's obituary on www.teahenfuneralhome.com under obituaries.
Patsy is survived by her mother, Mary Ritchie of Cedar Rapids; her sisters, Kathy (Mike) Corbett, Janice (Bill) Miller, Andrea Newgaard, all of Cedar Rapids, and Laura (Brian) Walker of Marion; her brothers, Bill (Cathy) Newcomb, Tom Newcomb and Jack (Anita) Ritchie, all of Cedar Rapids; brother-in-laws, Daniel (Diana) Koehn and Ed (Roberta) Koehn of Cedar Rapids; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 32 years, Rick; her father, William; and her brother, Tim Newcomb.
Patsy was born on Aug. 9, 1956, in Cedar Rapids, daughter of William and Mary Miller Newcomb and graduated in 1974 from Jefferson High School. She married Rick Koehn on June 11, 1988, at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. Patsy was a customer support associate for Alliant Energy since 2012.
Patsy loved to cook, shop, read, play trivia games and fish. She also loved animals and had a kind heart. Patsy will be missed by those who knew and loved her.
Memorials may be directed to Huntington Disease Society 505 Eighth Ave., Suite 902, New York, NY 10018; or hdsa.org.
Online condolences can be left at www.teahenfuneralhome.com.
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