Mary Joan (Koehn) Knouse was born April 15, 1936 in Horace, Kansas. She was the second child of Simon Koehn and Barbara Lucius. The family moved to Colorado in 1953, and Mary graduated from Limon High School. Mary married Jim Knouse and two children were born of this marriage. Barbara Jo and Howard Dean. Both children preceded her in death. Mary is also preceded in death by her mother, father, brother, Keith and sister, Barbara. Left to morn her is her brother, Jim Koehn, two grandchildren, Kayla Scofield (David) her two children, Haley and Cassiday, Kyle Scofield (Jennifer) and their children Elijah and Colton and many nieces and nephews and many close friends.