William R. (Bill) Kuehner

Mr. William R. (Bill) Kuehner, age 85, of 113 Burton Drive Rockmart, GA passed away Sunday, December 28, 2008 in a Rome Medical Center following several months of declining health.


He was born in Augusta, Wisconsin on May 22, 1923 the son of Fred W. Kuehner and Lenore Miller Kuehner. Mr. Kuehner had been a resident of Rockmart since 1979 moving here from Minneapolis, Minnesota where he had lived the greater part of his life. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving during World War II at Oliver General Hospital in Augusta. Mr. Kuehner retired in 1979 from Doublewear Shoe Company in Minneapolis. Prior to ill health he attended the Second Baptist Church of Rockmart.


Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Virginia Paschal Kuehner of Rockmart to whom he was married on July 7, 1946; one son, Mr. David Kuehner, Mason, Ohio; three grandchildren, two great grandchildren; two step grandchildren and three step great grandchildren.


Funeral services will be held Friday, January 2, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. in the Chapel of the Alvis Miller & Son Funeral Home with Rev. David Warriner officiating. Interment will follow in Rockmart Memorial Gardens.


Pallbearers will include: William Paschal, John Paschal, Matt Paschal, Steve Turner, Jerry McDurmon and Joel Smith.


The family will receive friends Friday from 12 noon until the funeral hour at the funeral home.


The family respectfully requests no floral tributes. Memorials may be made to Heyman Hospice Care at Floyd Medical Center, P.O. Box 163, Rome, GA 30162-0163 or Second Baptist Church, 112 South Piedmont Ave., Rockmart, GA 30153.


The Alvis Miller & Son Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements for Mr. William R. (Bill) Kuehner.