Obituary of Jean Koehler-Baldwin

Jean G. Koehler-Baldwin was welcomed into Heaven on January 20, 2014. She was born in Chicago, IL on January 7, 1927. She lived in Roselle IL, Mukwonago, WI, Colorado Springs, CO, Stuart, FL and currently resided in Port St. Lucie, FL.

After graduating business College, Jean worked most of her working days in secretarial work, before retiring in 1976. She was active in volunteer work at the Salvation Army and Molly's House.

Jean was the wife to the late J. Richard Koehler for 50 years.

She is survived by her husband, Charles Baldwin; step-son Daniel Baldwin; daughter, Barbara L.K. Hedison; son-in-law, David Hedison of Medway, MA; sons, Steve Koehler of Denver, CO and Donald Koehler of Colorado Springs, CO; sister, Myrl Eskridge; brother-in-law, Harlan Eskridge; grandchildren, JoAnne Zacharias, Julie Bernadeau, Kurt Hedison; great grandchildren, Michael Zacharias, Isabel Zacharias and Blake Bernadeau; brother-in-law, Ronald Baldwin, sister-in-law, Laurabell Baldwin, and sister-in-law, Irene Lambert; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her brother, Hubert Swanson and sister-in-law Helga Swanson.

Visitation: 3:00PM - 4:00PM, Saturday, January 25, 2014 at Forest Hills Funeral Homes, Palm City Chapel.

Funeral service: 4:00PM, Saturday, January 25, 2014 at Forest Hills Funeral Homes, Palm City Chapel.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Treasure Coast Hospice, 1201 SE Indian St., Stuart, FL 34997 or to the North Stuart Baptist Church, 1950 NW Federal Highway, Stuart, FL 34994, in Jean's memory.