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- FERDINAND S. GOOSSEN OBITUARY
Ferdinand S. Goossen was born on June 21, 1908 on the farm northeast of Goessel, Kansas. He went to be with the Lord on March 27, 1998 at the Newton Medical Center. He was 89 years old.
Ferd was the sixth of ten sons born to Franz M. and Susanna (Duerksen) Goossen. Later Hilda and Anna Hiebert came to live with the family after they lost their parents.
Ferd attended Antioch grade school and Hillsboro Bible Academy, Upon his confession of faith, he was baptized by Rev. P. H. Unruh and received into the membership of the Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church on June 5, 1927. In his younger years, he was involved in the family house moving and farming business. On August 20, 1935 Ferd married Agnes Voth at the Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church. Rev. P. H. Unruh performed their wedding ceremony in German and Rev. John H. Epp gave the wedding message in
English. To this union were born four children, Mayann, Ervin, LaVern, and Earl.
Their first home was a rented farm north of Goessel. Their early years of marriage were during the Depression when crops were destroyed by drought and grasshoppers. After living at this location for four and a half years, they moved to another rented farm near Peabody where farming was again a great struggle. The following year Ferd and Agnes purchased his grandfather's farmstead. The struggle of the Great Depression gradually subsided. Ferd raised crops and livestock on the farm. He also worked as a carpenter, building and remodeling houses and farm buildings. Ferd designed and built their retirement
home in Goessel. Ferd and Agnes moved into their new home on November 19, 1977, and they really enjoyed living there until the present.
Ferd was very much involved in the life and activities of the church, serving on various committees. He was always faithful in his Bible Study, family devotions and prayer times, having a heart for reaching people for Christ at home and around the world. In 1967, Ferd and Agnes visited their daughter and her family who were missionaries in Africa. In addition to his involvement at Alexanderwohl, he was actively involved in Gideons International with their work in Bible distribution.
Ferd Goossen is survived by his wife, Agnes, two brothers, Edward Goossen and Walter Goossen, four
children, fourteen grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.
Although the family will miss him we look forward to seeing him in Glory.
(Info from www.fmgoossenfamily.com)
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1908 - 1998 (89 years)
