Goering, Arthur Delbert (1927-2007)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2007 Sep 24 p. 8

Birth date: 1927 Jun 28

text of obituary:

ARTHUR DELBERT GOERING

Arthur Delbert Goering, 80, of North Newton, Kan., died Sept. 5, 2007, from acute leukemia. He was born June 28, 1927, to Johnnie B. and Jessie Schrag Goering on a farm near Moundridge.

When he was 9 his mother died. The family moved north of Canton and established a dairy, and he did milk delivery throughout Canton.

He graduated from Bethel College in North Newton in 1951 after taking a year off to teach in a rural one-room school. Later he earned a master’s degree from Wichita State University and a specialist in education degree from Emporia State.

After graduation from Bethel, he was drafted and served as a non-combatant in the Armed Forces for two years, mostly doing laboratory work in Germany.

He married Rosella Goossen on Oct. 6, 1956, at Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church of rural Goessel. They lived in Wichita for more than 30 years. After his retirement they moved to Newton.

He taught ninth-grade mathematics at Pleasant Valley Junior High School for 32 years.

He was baptized at Eden Mennonite Church, then moved his membership to Elbing Mennonite Church. He was a member of Lorraine Avenue Mennonite Church in Wichita for 40 years. Most recently he was a member at Faith Mennonite Church in Newton.

He enjoyed volunteering and was a docent at Kauffman Museum. For about 25 years he was involved in Offender Victim Ministries. He received a 10-year recognition from El Dorado Correctional Facility with the Man to Man prison ministry. He visited all 50 states and Europe, China, Egypt, Brazil and Peru. He was a great reader and liked woodworking and gardening.

Survivors include wife, Rosie; three children, Randall and his wife, Carol, of Newton, Steven and his wife, Mary, of Evanston, Ill., and Jan Baty and her husband, Ross, of Missoula, Mont.; two sisters, Martha Sundgren of North Newton and Joan Epp of Goessel; five brothers, Leonard of Newton, John of Gresham, Ore., Jim of Dayton, Va., Harry of Menifee, Calif., and Larry of Ayden, N.C.; brother-in-law Walter Regier and sister-in-law Dorothea Goering; and six grandchildren.