INMAN – Though their sales generally occurred via word-o-mouth, Will Koehn estimates more than 300 Goertzen Homes are spread widely around Kansas today.
The stick-built, primarily ranch-style homes were constructed over the past 30-plus years on a five-acre lot on the edge of Inman and then trucked by house movers to individual home sites.
Pioneer Supply, a regional lumberyard and building supply store on the edge of the Inman city limits, grew out of the same family-owned home construction business, filling its supply needs while also serving community residents and other builders for nearly as long.
Koehn joined the company when he was 16 and bought it when he was 37. Now having reached age 68, it’s time for him to retire, so both businesses will soon close.