Goering, Lillie Krehbiel (1922-2006)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2006 Jun 26 p. 7

Birth date: 1922 May 1

text of obituary:

LILLIE KREHBIEL GOERING

Lillie Krehbiel Goering, 84, of Hesston, Kan., died June 14, 2006, at Showalter Villa. She was born May 1, 1922, to Felix J. and Katie Goering Krehbiel in McPherson County.

She was baptized on May 30, 1937, at Eden Mennonite Church of rural Moundridge.

She graduated from Moundridge High School in 1940. She graduated with honors from Bethel College in North Newton in 1963 and completed her master’s degree at Emporia State University in 1967. She continued learning through summer school and participation in three summers of International Children’s Literature Study Tours, which involved visiting foreign lands.

On June 21, 1942, she married Lloyd Goering at Eden Mennonite Church. They lived on a farm west of Moundridge. In 2000 they moved to Showalter Villa in Hesston. She struggled for 20 years with Parkinson’s disease.

She was a member at Eden Mennonite Church and served as a Sunday school and Bible school teacher. She was active in Christian Endeavor leadership, organized the church library and served on the library committee.

She taught elementary school and served as a librarian for 25 years, first in rural McPherson County schools and later in Moundridge elementary and middle schools. After retirement in 1986, she volunteered at Kauffman Museum in North Newton.

Survivors include her husband, Lloyd Goering of Hesston; a son, Jan Craig Goering and Abigail Hubbard of Houston, Texas; a daughter, Judy Jantz and her husband, Merle, of North Pole, Alaska; a brother, Reuben Krehbiel of Moundridge; two sisters, Tillie Schrag of Moundridge and Ruth Beck of Hesston; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a brother, Art Krehbiel; and two sisters, Lizzie Schrag and Ruby Krehbiel.

Memorial services were held at Eden Mennonite Church. Burial was in the Eden Church Cemetery.