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Goentzel, Ben (1918-2008)
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2008 Dec 8 p. 9
Birth date: 1918 May 16
text of obituary:
BEN GOENTZEL
Ben Goentzel, 90, of Hillsboro, Kan., died Nov. 25, 2008, at Parkside Homes. He was born May 16, 1918, to Peter and Mary (Goertz) Goentzel in Marion.
He married Lenora L. Unruh on Nov. 7, 1943, in rural Durham. She preceded him in death in 2007.
He was a farmer. He was a member of Trinity Mennonite Church of Hillsboro.
Survivors include three sons, Ken Goentzel and his wife, Kathy, of Harrisonville, Mo., Charles D. Goentzel and his wife, Karen, of Anchorage, Alaska, and Bob Goentzel and his wife, Marilyn, of Anchorage, Alaska; a sister, Ruth Goentzel of Hillsboro; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Services were held at Trinity Mennonite Church. Burial was in Peace Valley Cemetery of rural Durham.
