Krehbiel, Maria Goering (1863-1951)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1951 Jan 4 p. 6

Birth date: 1863 Sep 3

text of obituary:

MRS. TOBIAS J. KREHBIEL

Maria Goering Krehbiel, daughter of John and Elizabeth Graber Goering, was born Sept. 3, 1863, in Kotasufka, Province Wolhynia, Russia, and departed this life on Dec. 12, 1950, at the Mercy hospital, Moundridge, Kansas, at the age of 87 years, three months and 5 nine days.

She grew up in a Christian home where discipline and love embraced each other. She learned to know and love her Saviour from early youth.

She was baptized on confession of faith in the Lord Jesus as her personal Saviour by Rev. Jacob Stucky, on April 2, 1876, and received into the Hopefield Mennonite church. Later she joined the Eden Mennonite church where she remained a faithful member until she departed this life.

When in 1874 her widowed mother with her family and many other emigrants came to this country and settled near Moundridge, Kansas she was among them to share the hardships of pioneer life with them.

On Nov. 23, 1879, she was married to Tobias J. Krehbiel with whom she shared life’s joys and hardships for forty-four years. They were blessed with ten children, four daughters and six sons, of whom two daughters and one, son preceded her in death. Her husband preceded her in death in 1923. These last 27 years she made her home with her children, who tenderly cared for her.

In January 1948 she suffered a fractured hip and was taken to the Bethel Deaconess hospital and later to the Mercy hospital, where she had the very best of care. Through the grace of God she could bear the heavy burden laid upon her and leave the hospital on May 21, 1948, to be with her children again. However, from that time on her health failed yet she occupied her time trying to serve the Lord in many different ways, patient in suffering and ready to answer the call of the Lord in whom she had her trust

She leaves to mourn her departure five sons, Val. of McPherson, Ben of Moundridge, Rudolph of Hutchinson, Peter of Elyria, and Jonas, of Conway: two daughters, Mrs. Helmuth Wedel of Moundridge, and Mrs. Benj. Zerger, McPherson, Kans.; six daughters-in-law, two sons-in-law; 48 grandchildren; 93 great grandchildren; five great great grandchildren and many relatives and friends.

The Mennonite obituary: 1951 Jan 30 p. 83