Family/Spouse: Tina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John Reimer Goossen was born to Peter D. and Helena Reimer Goossen on September 8, 1920, at Greenland, Manitoba. He passed to his eternal reward at the Winnipeg Health Sciences Center on November 15, 2001, reaching the age of eighty-one years.
He grew up and spent his entire life in the Greenland, Manitoba, area. He felt and responded to the call of God and was baptized into the Church of God in Christ, Mennonite at the age of eighteen years. He held his faith dear to the end.
On August 4, 1946, he was married to me, Lizzie Unger, at Greenland, Manitoba. We shared the joys and sorrows of life together for over fifty-five years. Our home was blessed with fourteen children.
Dad was a man of action and unusual physical strength and vigor. In his youth, he spent many winters working in the lumber camps in Eastern Manitoba and Ontario. In 1942, Dad moved onto the farm to which he later brought his bride. They resided here until they moved to their semi-retirement home nearby, where they spent their last years.
Dad was always the leader of the family, and now again he is leading the way for his family of 113 to a new and better home. Though we will surely miss Dad, we do not wish him back. The memory of his faithfulness will be our encouragement to press on to meet him in the morning.
He leaves to mourn his passing: his sorrowing wife, Lizzie; eight sons and six daughters: Ken and Jan., Ste. Anne, Manitoba; Bev and Delbert Penner, Benito, Manitoba; Ron and Laurie, Valcourt, Quebec; Elfrieda and Howard Warkentin, Hyas, Saskatchewan; Monroe and Julietta, Hyas, Saskatchewan; Virgil and Lorna, Fort Vermillion, Alberta; Andrew and Tina, Ste. Anne, Manitoba; Priscilla, Dewberry, Alberta; Art and Michelle, Ste. Anne, Manitoba; Susan, Ste. Anne, Manitoba; Cathy and Andrew Toews, Dewberry, Alberta; George and Donna, Ste. Anne, Manitoba; Liz and Abe Penner, Ste. Anne, Manitoba; and Frank and Carla, Ste. Anne, Manitoba, presently missionaries in the Philippines; fifty-one grandchildren and twenty great-grandchildren.
Also left to mourn are five brothers and two sisters: Annie Janzen, Whitemouth, Manitoba; Tina and Alvin Bartel, Steinbach, Manitoba; Pete, of Alberta; Danny and Rosella, Clearbrooke, British Columbia; Roy and Gladys, Abbotsford, British Columbia; Robert and Florence, Kelwood, Manitoba; Gerald and Ellen, Good Corner, New Brunswick; three sisters-in-law: Margaret Goossen, Steinbach, Manitoba; Agnes and Henry Toews, Cromer, Manitoba; and Doreen Goossen, Clearbrooke, British Columbia; his brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law: Pauline Penner, Blumenort, Manitoba; Nettie Unger, Steinbach, Manitoba; Abe and Frances Unger, Ste. Anne, Manitoba; Bill and Laverna Unger, Steinbach, Manitoba; Matilda and Dave Wohlgemuth, Crooked Creek, Alberta; and Tony and Eva Unger, Steinbach, Manitoba.
He was predeceased by his parents and parents-in-law, three brothers, three sisters (one in infancy), six brothers-in-law and two sisters-in-law.
Funeral services were held at the Greenland Church of God in Christ, Mennonite, Ste. Anne, Manitoba, on November 19, 2001. Ministers Edgar Wohlgemuth and Melvin Penner officiated. Interment was in the Greenland Cemetery with Min. Elroy Penner in charge.

John married Elizabeth Unger on 4 Aug 1946. Elizabeth was born on 13 Aug 1923 in Manitoba, Canada; died on 3 Apr 2015 in Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Peacefully on Friday, April 3, 2015, Lizzie Unger Goossen quietly slipped away into the hands of the Lord, at the age of 91.

Lizzie was born on August 13, 1923 to Abram W. and Katie Unger and was the oldest of eight children. She was baptised into the Church of God in Christ, Mennonite in the winter of 1945-46.

She worked as a secretary at Ste. Anne Coop, where she met John Reimer Goossen. John and Lizzie were married on August 4, 1946 and were blessed with eight sons and six daughters. They farmed in the Ste. Anne area for all of their 55 years together.

Soon after the passing of her husband on November 15, 2001, Lizzie moved into a condo at Stonebridge Crossing in Steinbach. The Maplewood Manor would be her next and final move where she lived her last 1 ½ years.

Family and friends were very important and dear to her. Lizzie was strong in her faith and embraced it until the end.

She leaves behind her children: Kenneth and Janice, Steinbach, MB; Beverly and Delbert Penner, Arran, SK; Ronald and Laurie, Montreal, QC; Elfrieda and Howard Warkentin, Hyas, SK; Monroe and Julietta, Hyas, SK; Virgil and Lorna, Fort Vermillion, AB; Andrew and Tina, Ste. Anne, MB; Priscilla, Dewberry, AB; Art and Michelle, Ste. Anne, MB; Susan, Blumenort, MB; Cathy and Andrew Toews, Dewberry, AB; George and Donna, Kenora, ON; Liz and Abe Penner, Wheatley, ON; Frank and Carla, Alexandria, ON; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren, two sisters, two brothers, nine sisters-in-law and six brothers-in-law.

Preceding her in death is: her husband John Reimer Goossen, her parents, one sister, two brothers, six sisters-in-law and ten brothers-in-law.

She will be greatly missed.

A viewing will be held Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. at Birchwood Funeral Chapel, 162 Hwy 52 W, Steinbach. There will also be a viewing at the church prior to the service.

Funeral service will be held Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. at Church of God in Christ, Mennonite, Greenland, MB. Burial will follow at the church cemetery.

Peter married Helena Reimer on 19 Oct 1913 in Rural Municipality of Hanover, Manitoba. Helena (daughter of Isaac W. Reimer and Anna Penner) was born on 14 Sep 1888 in Greenland, Manitoba, Canada; died on 1 Dec 1980 in Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada; was buried on 4 Dec 1980 in Greenland, Manitoba, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johan married Susanna J. Toews on 25 Jan 1861 (Civil) in Molotschna South. Susanna was born on 10 Jan 1844 in Fischau, Molotschna South; died on 14 Oct 1912 in Kansas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isaac married Anna Penner. Anna was born in 1865; died in 1938. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]