Goering, Herbert D. (1923-2004)

Newton Kansan obituary: 2004 Jan 14 p. ; 2004 Jan 15 p. 2

Birth date: 1923 Sep 15

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2004 Jan 26 p. 12

text of obituary:

HERBERT D. GOERING

Herbert D. Goering, 80, of North Newton, Kan., died Jan. 14, 2004. He was born Sept. 15, 1923, to John B. and Jesse Schrag Goering near Moundridge, the seventh of 16 children.

He received his high school education in Canton. Later he attended McPherson College and the University of Kansas, majoring in accounting.

He developed Brights Disease at age 10 and had to spend six weeks in bed on a milk diet. His mother died when he was 12. In 1936 the family moved to a farm near Canton and continued farming and dairying. In 1947 they moved to a farm northeast of Peabody. In 1950 he married Dorothea Regier.

He enjoyed farming, but drought in the early 1950s made it necessary to find other employment. In 1956 he was hired by the Missouri Pacific Railroad as a railroad clerk. As work took him to other areas, they moved from Newton to Wichita to Osawatomie and lastly to Independence, Mo. He enjoyed working for the railroad and was able to retire in 1986 after 30 years of service.

During retirement he and Dorothea enjoyed traveling to visit their children, relatives and friends, and to see the natural beauty of the United States. He also liked tending his lawn and reading, especially poetry and history. He was a member of First Mennonite Church of Newton.

Survivors include his wife, Dorothea; two daughters, Constance Gehring of Albuquerque, N.M., and Roberta Anderson and her husband, Gerald, of Lockport, Ill.; three sons, David and his wife, Cathy Anderson, of Newton, Charles and his wife, Anne Simpkins, of Burlington, N.C., and Loren and his wife, Melissa Cahn, of Hawley, Pa.; four sisters, Elva Goering of Newton, Frieda Regier of Halstead, Martha Sundgren of Denver, and Joan Epp of Goessel; six brothers, Arthur and Leonard, both of Newton, John of Gresham, Ore., Jim of Dayton, Va., Harry of Menifree, Calif., and Larry of Ayden, N.C.; and eight grandchildren. He was preceded in death by five brothers, Walt, Al, Bill, Dan and Ralph.

Memorial services were held at First Mennonite Church. Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery of Newton.