Ora Kohler married Agnes Westrup. They had two children, Marjorie and
  Lawrence. Lawrence died at the age of 2 1/2. Agnes died in 1918. Ora 
  married Millie Messimer in 1920.
       L.C. Westrup and Ora Kohler formed the partnership of Westrup & Kohler
  Lumber Co. in 1908. In 1943, Ora Kohler bought Westrup's share in the
  business and became Kohler Lumber Co. In 1946, Allen and Marjorie (Kohler) 
  Rech moved back from Tulsa, Oklahoma to help Mr. Kohler run the yard. Mr.
  Kohler passed away in 1953 and Allen Rech in 1963. In 1966, Marjorie Rech sold
  the lumber yard to Walter Barrett of Herington, under whose wonership it
  still carries the name of Kohler Lumber Co. 
               
  Source: Woodbine, Kansas Centennial, 1887 - 1987, 
          Woodbine through the years pg. 95
           
     
   

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