Ortman, Anna Goering (1910-1986)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1987 Jan 8 p. 11

Birth date: 1910 Nov 5

text of obituary:

ANNA ORTMAN

Anna Goering Ortman, daughter of Jonathan R. and Rosa (Kaufman) Goering, was born Nov. 5, 1910, at Pretty Prairie, Kan. She was baptized Aug. 2, 1926, by N.W. Bahnmann at Pretty Prairie and later became a faithful member of the Salem-Zion Mennonite Church, Freeman, S.D.

She received her early education at Pretty Prairie and attended Bethel College, North Newton, Kan.

On June 4, 1933, she married William J. Ortman of Freeman, S.D. They established their home on the family homestead in Turner County, where she enjoyed her role as devoted wife and homemaker. She was widowed on Oct. 6, 1976.

Those who knew her well will remember her as a loving mother and grandmother and one who shared a genuine concern for others. She loved the outdoors and enjoyed flowers and gardening.

She enjoyed health until the last few years. She passed away unexpectedly on Nov. 30, 1986. She was preceded in death by her husband, William, and one brother, Dan J.

She leaves to cherish her memory three sons and their wives, Arlen and Ellen, Mario and Mavis and Orville and Janelle, all of Marion; one daughter and her husband, Virginia and Gene Kaufman of Parker; 12 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two brothers, Peter J. and Jacob L Goering of Pretty Prairie, Kan.; and two sisters, Hulda (Mrs. Herman) Krehbiel and Della (Mrs. Willard) Wedel, both of Pretty Prairie.