Schierling Marie Kroeker (1897-1958)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1958 Oct 16 p. 6

Birth date: 1897

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— A group of neighbors and friends gathered at the farm of George Schierling, Sr. one day last week and harvested 12 acres of sorghum. Both Mr. and Mrs. Schierling were in the hospital as a result of an auto accident, Mrs. Schierling having since passed away. Assisting in the helpful deed were Albert Balzer of Inman, who furnished two trucks and did the cutting, Willis Andres and Emil Claassen, who furnished tractors, Herb Klaassen, Benny Adler and Harry Evans. Mrs. Claassen served lunch to the workers.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1958 Oct 16 p. 6

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NEWTON WOMAN HURT IN CRASH DIES WITHOUT REGAINING CONSCIOUSNESS

Mrs. George Schierling, Sr. of Route 4, Newton, who was critically injured in a collision on Highway 50 west of Newton Oct. 5, died Tuesday evening at the Bethel Deaconess Hospital without regaining consciousness.

Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock at the First Mennonite Church of Newton, with burial at Buhler.

Mr. Schierling, who suffered fractured vertebrae in the crash, remains a patient at the hospital.

David C. Goering and 14-year-old son David of Moundridge seriously injured in a two-car collision south of Hillsboro, also on Oct. 5, have now been released from the Axtell Christian hospital.

Fatally injured in the accident were Mrs. Goering, 44, her daughter, Paulette, 12, and Albert Becker, 56, of Galva, all passengers in the Goering car. Funeral services for the mother and daughter were held Thursday afternoon at the Eden church near Moundridge, and services for Mr. Becker were held Friday at the West Zion church in Moundridge.

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