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Funeral program biographical sketch: | |||
'''ROLAND R. GOERING''' | |||
'''November 18, 1917 — February 20, 2002''' | |||
Roland was born to Henry A. and Lydia Stucky Goering on November | |||
18, 1917 near Moundridge, Kansas. He was one of fourteen children. | |||
Roland’s education began at the Pleasant Ridge Grade School. He then | |||
attended Moundridge High School, and graduated with a B. A. from | |||
Bethel College and a Masters degree from Hartford Theological | |||
Seminary. | |||
Roland was baptized and became a member of the Eden Mennonite | |||
Church. He was later ordained for ministry at Eden. | |||
He was interested in teaching math but was also interested in some career | |||
in religion. He applied for teaching jobs in several schools. They | |||
wanted to know if he would be able to finish out the year or would he be | |||
called for service since our nation was engaged in a war. Roland couldn’t | |||
answer that question. | |||
Roland heard that Dr. J. E. Hartzler was to speak at the Lorraine Avenue | |||
Mennonite Church in Wichita. He wanted to hear him. After the lecture | |||
he told Roland he could get him into Hartford Theological Seminary. At | |||
the end of his second year at Hartford, he married Fern Goering on June | |||
18, 1943 at the Eden Mennonite Church. | |||
A few weeks before Roland graduated with a master’s degree he had a | |||
letter from a group of Mennonites who wanted to start a Mennonite | |||
church in McPherson, Kansas and asked him to help establish the church. | |||
He accepted this call. These were rewarding years. A congregation was | |||
formed and a new church was built, becoming The First Mennonite | |||
Church of McPherson, Kansas. | |||
After ten years in McPherson, he was called to First Mennonite in | |||
Halstead, Kansas, then to First Mennonite Church in Reedley, California, | |||
and then to First Mennonite in Hilisboro, Kansas, after which he | |||
accepted a call to work for Bethel College a year in the Alumni Relations | |||
department where he visited and preached in 45 different churches. | |||
After that he went to the Salem Mennonite Church in Freeman, South | |||
Dakota. In 1985 he moved back to his roots and lived in North Newton | |||
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[[Category: Newton Kansan obituaries]] | [[Category: Newton Kansan obituaries]] | ||
Revision as of 14:22, 19 December 2019
Newton Kansan obituary: 2002 Feb 21 p. 2
Birth date: 1917
Funeral program biographical sketch:
ROLAND R. GOERING
November 18, 1917 — February 20, 2002
Roland was born to Henry A. and Lydia Stucky Goering on November
18, 1917 near Moundridge, Kansas. He was one of fourteen children.
Roland’s education began at the Pleasant Ridge Grade School. He then attended Moundridge High School, and graduated with a B. A. from Bethel College and a Masters degree from Hartford Theological Seminary.
Roland was baptized and became a member of the Eden Mennonite Church. He was later ordained for ministry at Eden.
He was interested in teaching math but was also interested in some career in religion. He applied for teaching jobs in several schools. They wanted to know if he would be able to finish out the year or would he be called for service since our nation was engaged in a war. Roland couldn’t answer that question.
Roland heard that Dr. J. E. Hartzler was to speak at the Lorraine Avenue Mennonite Church in Wichita. He wanted to hear him. After the lecture he told Roland he could get him into Hartford Theological Seminary. At the end of his second year at Hartford, he married Fern Goering on June 18, 1943 at the Eden Mennonite Church.
A few weeks before Roland graduated with a master’s degree he had a letter from a group of Mennonites who wanted to start a Mennonite church in McPherson, Kansas and asked him to help establish the church. He accepted this call. These were rewarding years. A congregation was formed and a new church was built, becoming The First Mennonite Church of McPherson, Kansas.
After ten years in McPherson, he was called to First Mennonite in Halstead, Kansas, then to First Mennonite Church in Reedley, California, and then to First Mennonite in Hilisboro, Kansas, after which he accepted a call to work for Bethel College a year in the Alumni Relations department where he visited and preached in 45 different churches. After that he went to the Salem Mennonite Church in Freeman, South Dakota. In 1985 he moved back to his roots and lived in North Newton