KOLLER, Louise

The Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona, Tuesday, December 22, 2015 Louise Koller passed away on Dec. 19, 2015, at the age of 78. She was born in Port Washington, Wisconsin, to Art and Loretta Mayer on Nov. 7, 1937. She was raised on the family farm in Belgium, Wisconsin and graduated from Port Washington High School in 1955. She took bookkeeper training after high school and worked in Milwaukee for a time. Then she followed her sweetheart, Don, to California when he joined the Marines, and they were married in Santa Ana on Nov. 29, 1958. They returned to Wisconsin in 1959 and built a home in Little Kohler. They raised their four kids there, until 1974, when they relocated to Chino Valley. Louise and Don were entrepreneurs, and ran many businesses including a Milk route for Cedarburg Dairy, United Coffee Service, Northern Arizona Hearing Aid Co., and Smith Electronics. Louise was the heart of all their business ventures. They also built many houses and she did everything from drawing the plans and ordering the building supplies to painting and working alongside dad in the construction. Louise loved anything out of doors, including gardening. Her tomatoes and beans were prize winners at the fair every year. She also enjoyed hiking, exploring and crafting, and taking computer classes. Louise was preceded in death by her husband Don; and their youngest son, Tim. She is survived by her son, Wayne Koller and his wife Jayne of Jerome; daughters, Lisa (Richard) Hale of Prescott Valley and Malinda (Ron) Dunton of San Diego. She was very loving and proud of her grandchildren, Elijah, Richard II, Mariah, Rachel, Kylie, Olivia, Robert and Jennifer. Visitation will be noon with the funeral at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015, at Heritage Memory Mortuary, 131 Grove Ave., Prescott, Arizona, with burial immediately following at Mountain View Cemetery, 1051 Willow Creek Road, Prescott, Arizona. Please visit www.heritagemortuary.com to sign Louise's online guestbook. Services entrusted to Heritage Memory Mortuary Information provided by survivors.