Edgar Gene Pauls

Funeral services for Edgar Gene Pauls, age 89, of Corn, has been set for 2:00 P.M. Saturday, March 2, 2019 at the Corn Mennonite Brethren Church, with Ken Gardner, and Tim Sandy officiating, under the direction of the Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Corn Mennonite Cemetery. Edgar Gene Pauls was born on October 26, 1929, to John and Elizabeth (Koop) Pauls of Corn, Oklahoma. He put his faith in Christ as a youth, was baptised, and joined the Corn Mennonite Brethren Church. Edgar went to Greenfield Elementary School in the country and graduated from Corn Bible Academy. He married Marlene Dick on March 4, 1955, and had three children: Diane, Eileen, and Connie. Edgar did his 1-W service at St. Luke's Hospital in Denver, Colorado. After his service was over, he and his wife returned to Corn and started farming. Edgar farmed his whole life, raising chickens, hogs, and cattle, as well as growing wheat and cotton. In the winter he worked as a carpenter. Edgar and Marlene moved into Corn Heritage Village in Jan. of 2015, and he died on Feb 26, 2019. Edgar was preceded in death by his parents John and Elizabeth (Koop) Pauls, his two brothers: Art Pauls and John Pauls, his five sisters: Evelyn Pauls, Salome Wharton, Ann Utz, Edna Pauls and Elizabeth Brown. Edgar was survived by his wife of 63 years, Marlene (Dick) Pauls, his brother Jim Pauls, his two sisters: Miriam Roland and Martha David, his three daughters: Diane and her husband Jonathan Peters, Eileen and her husband Warren Kliewer, Connie and her husband Duane, his grandchildren Jeffrey and wife Erin Peters, Keith Peters, David Kliewer, Kristin and Rayden Epp, Lauren and husband Nicholas Coleman, Michael Ratzlaff, Joseph Ratzlaff, Christina Ratzlaff, and his great grandchildren: Harrison Epp and Charles Epp, and many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Memorial contributions can be made to Western Oklahoma Christian School and Corn Bible Academy.