Goertzen, Agnes Klassen Schmidt (1901-1972)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 14 Sep 1972 p. 8

Birth date: 1901

text of obituary:

Newton and Vicinity

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• Mrs. Arnold S. (Agnes) Goertzen, 71, of Goessel died Sunday at Bethel Deaconess Hospital. the former Agnes Klassen, she married Abraham F. Schmidt in 1925, and he died in 1937. Her marriage to Arnold S. Goertzen took place in 1928. They lived on a farm near Peabody before moving to Goessel in 1969. Surviving in addition to her husband are two sons, Gerald Schmidt of Oak Park, Ill. and Clinton Schmidt of Overland Park, Kan.; one daughter, Mrs. D. F. Leek of Denver; two stepsons, Milton Goertzen of Route 2, Newton and Orlando Goertzen of North Newton; three step-daughters, Mrs. Charles Unruh and Mrs. Ernest Goertz of rural Peabody, and Mrs. Gordon Neuenschwander of Berne, ind.; three sisters, Mrs. Ben Unruh and Mrs. Henry Schmidt Jr., both of Peabody and Mrs. J. M. Nachtigal of Buhler; 11 grandchildren and 25 step-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the Tabor Mennonite Church, with Rev. Albert Gaeddert in charge.