William "Rick" Koehn

My name is Rick Koehn, “number 1 on the chart, number 1 in your heart”!

I lived and loved with all I had and all of you that have loved on me, my precious wife and family during this time has been evidence of my fierce love for life and love for Jesus. I left the following words for the love of my life, my wife Kristine, to find and someday to share with our family and all those that we love, so that you might have hope:

“Death is nothing at all. It does not count.

I have only slipped away into the next room. Nothing has happened.

Everything remains exactly as it was.

I am I, and you are you, and the old life that we lived so fondly together is untouched, unchanged.

Whatever we were to each other, we are still.

Call me by the old familiar name. Speak of me in the easy way which you always used. Put no difference in your tone. Wear no forced air of sadness.

Laugh as we always laughed at little inside jokes that we enjoyed together. Play, smile, think of me, pray for me.

Let my name be ever the household word that it always was. Let it be spoken, without an effort, without the ghost of a shadow upon it.

Life means all that it ever meant. It is the same precious thing as it ever was. There is absolute and unbroken continuity between there and here.

Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight?

I am waiting for you, for an interval , somewhere very near, just around the corner.

All is well with my soul.”

To my children; Erica McDonald, Brittany Koehn, Reece Meador, Alex Koehn, Zachary Meador, please live, please love, please seek God in all you do. This life is worth living and with God by your side, you can do anything! I always say, “there is nothing that God and I can’t do”. Please try to live your life seeking God, He and I love you very much.

I will miss you, I love you and I will always be with you, you just need say my name.

To my family and friends, thank you. Thank you for the lessons and the blessings, I have taken all of that love with me.

To my wife, I loved you then, I love you now, I’ll love you forever.

Until we meet again, I am “finer than a frog’s hair split four ways!”

I can’t wait to “SEA you later” and laugh with you again.

With all my love,

Rick


If Rick or Kristine has touched your life, our family invites you to a celebration for Rick on July 13, 2024 from 6:00-9:00, at The Barn in Lorena, Texas.

More details can be found on Kristine Koehn’s Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/thekristinekoehn.
Please RSVP!