Mabel Julia (Duncan) Kohus 1890-1970
Herbert Bernard Kohus Sr. 1886-1969, Mabel Julia (Duncan) Kohus 1890-1970
Mabel Julia Duncan was born on 17 Oct 1890 in Madisonville, Hamilton County, Ohio. She was raised in Cincinnati along with her 3 siblings, Wilber, Edward and Addie Duncan. her parents were Orson, "Oscar" Duncan and Anna Elisabeth Walters. Mabel was the second wife of Herbert Bernard Kohus Sr. Herbert's first wife Lizzie died in 1905 giving birth to their daughter Julia Alma Kohus. Mabel and Herbert had 7 children, Evelyn 1909-1978, Louis 1910-1994, Edward 1912-1990, Herbert 1917-, Adeline 1920-1997, Robert 1924-1924 and William 1928-1991. Mabel joined the Catholic Church after marrying Herbert and took the name Mary when she was baptized. Her favorite pastime was playing bingo. After winning $500. at bingo in the early 1950's she used it as a down payment on a house east of Cincinnati in Mt. Repose, Ohio. She, Herbert and daughter Adeline moved there from Cincinnati where they had lived all their lives. It was a just a few houses away from where her son Herbert Kohus Jr. had moved a year earlier On Floyd Place, a small subdivision in the suburbs. This is where they lived after her husband Herbert retired from the Cincinnati Transit Company. On 3 May 1969 Mabel's husband Herbert died. Mabel (Mary) Julia (Duncan) Kohus died on 30 Sep 1970 after a long illness. She and Herbert are buried in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Mabel J. Duncan lived 79 years, 11 months, 13 days
Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio