Goossen, Sarah (1892-1955)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1955 Apr 14 p. 6

Birth date: 1892 Dec 11

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— Funeral services for Miss Sarah Goossen, 62, were held Monday at thee [sic] Alexanderwohl church near Goessel with the pastor, Rev. P. A. Wedel, in charge. She passed away April 7 at the Salem Home for Aged in Hillsboro where she had given many years of faithful service to the aged. She also worked at the Bethesda Home in Goossel [sic Goessel] beginning in 1950, but later suffered a stroke. Surviving are four sisters of whom Mrs. David Koehn lives in Newton.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1955 Apr 21 p. 8

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SARAH GOOSSEN

Sarah Goossen, daughter, of Frank and Marie Unruh Goossen, was born Dec. 11, 1892, in Marion county, Kansas. She was the youngest of ten children.

She received her public school training in the Antioch district school which she attended from her parental home. She also received her Sunday school training in this school as it was held on Sunday afternoons by P. R. Voth and Wilhelm Unrau.

Through Christian training received in the home, the Sunday school and church she decided to give her life to the Lord. She was baptized upon confession o faith in her Redeemer Jesus Christ June 4, 1911, by Rev. Henry Banman and became a member of the Alexanderwohl church, whose faithful member she remained untill [sic] her death.

Sarah also experienced many sorrows in her life, even from her early youth. At ten years of age her brother-in-law, Henry Boese, was suddenly taken in death. On Dec. 14, 1904, her sister Katharine was taken in death at the age of 18 years. When Sarah was 20 her father died, leaving her with her mother. In 1926 her mother also was taken, Min death, after which she made her home with her sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. G. Schmidt. In 1948 she moved to Goessel, Kansas.

Beginning in 1934 the departed labored in the Salem Old Folks Home, Hillsboro. In 1950 she also worked in the Bethesda Old Folks Home at Goessel until she suffered a stroke, when she became a patient at the Bethesda hospital. After about eleven months she regained enough strength to be released from the hospital and was transferred to the Salem Old Folks Home at Hillsboro where she made her home till her departure.

She passed away April 7, 1955, at the age of 62 years, four months less five days.

Preceding her in death were four sisters, Katharine, Susanna (Mrs. Jacob Hiebert), Elizabeth (Mrs. Henry Ediger), and Maria (Mrs. H. D. G. Schmidt); and one brother, Franz Goossen.

Left to mourn her sudden departure are four sisters, Justine, Mrs. P. J. Flaming, husband and family, Lena, Mrs. Andrew Buller, husband and family, Eva, Mrs. J. A. Flaming and children, all of Hillsboro, Anna, Mrs. David Koehn, husband and family of Newton, and many other relatives and friends.

Funeral services were held April 11, 1955, at the Goerz funeral home in Hillsboro and at the Alexanderwohl church, in charge of the pastor, Rev. P. A. Wedel.