Goering, Dean Lester (1950-1965)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1965 Jan 21 p. 3

Birth date: 1950 Feb 28

text of obituary:

Gunshot Wound Fatal To Kansas Farm Youth

Moundridge, Kan. — Fourteen-year-old Dean Lester Goering, died Saturday in a hunting accident at the farm of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lester H. Goering, southwest of Moundridge.

The youth had gone hunting alone, and apparently the gun discharged as he was crossing a fence. When he failed to return home, his lifeless body was found by his father.

Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at the Eden Mennonite Church, of which he was a member. He was a freshman at Moundridge High School.

Survivors in addition to the parents include two sisters, a brother Lonnie in Leopoldville, Congo, and the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Goering of Moundridge and Mr. and Mrs. Val W. Krehbiel of McPherson.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1965 Apr 15 p. 12

text of obituary:

DEAN LESTER GOERING

Dean Lester Goering, son of Lester and Ruth Krehbiel Goering, was born Feb. 28, 1950 in Moundridge, Kan. He attended Moundridge Grade School and was a member of the freshman class at Moundridge Rural High School at the time of his death.

Dean loved life and made friends easily. He had many interests and hobbies, among which was his interest in FFA work. It was in pursuit of such activities that he met accidental death on Jan. 16, 1965. He reached the agof 14 years, 10 months and 19 days.

Dean attended Camp Mennoscah retreats the past two summers. Last summer each retreater was given the opportunity to make a commitment to Christ. The retreaters did this by writing a letter addressed to themselves. His letter which arrived on the day of his death states, “The one and only way is to follow just as His followers did.”

Dean leaves to mourn his passing his parents; two sisters, Mrs. Howard (Wanda) Knight of Portland, Ore. and Valetta of the home; one brother, Lonnie, who is in Pax service in the Congo; one nephew, Charles Howard II; one niece, Kimberly Jo; his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Goering; his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Val W. Krehbiel; uncles and aunts and many cousins and friends.

The Mennonite obituary: 1965 Feb 9 p. 91