Walter Dwight Goossen

1915 - 1999  (83 years)

• Name	Walter Dwight Goossen
  Birth	21 Jun 1915	Hillsboro, Marion County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Death	08 Mar 1999	Tahlequah, Oklahoma
  Burial	12 Mar 1999	Tahlequah City Cemetery, Tahlequah, Oklahoma
  Person ID	I291	Heinrich Goosen
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2017

  
  

  Father	Franz M. Goossen,   b. 17 Dec 1876, Landskrone, Molotschna d. 15 May 1943, Goessel, Marion, Kansas (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Susanna B. Duerksen,   b. 07 Apr 1876, Gnadenthal, Molotschna d. 05 Dec 1950, Goessel, Marion County, Kansas (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	25 Apr 1900	Kansas
  Photos		Franz & Susanna Goossen
  		FM Goossen Brothers, Goessel Kansas Frank, John, Will, Abe, Alvin, Ferd, Ed, Hein, Cornie and Walter
  Family ID	F87	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ethel Marie Koehn,   b. 9 Apr 1924, Fairview, Major County, Oklahoma d. 23 Mar 2004, Tahlequah, Oklahoma (Age 79 years)
  Children	1. Gloria Jean Goossen,   b. 13 Dec 1944, Tahlequah, Oklahoma d. 23 Feb 2008, Pawnee, Oklahoma (Age 63 years)   2. Mildred Fae Goossen,   b. 4 Jul 1947, Hobart, Oklahoma   3. Phyllis Ann Goossen,   b. 5 Mar 1952, Winslow, Arizona, United States of America + 4. Gerald Dean Goossen,   b. 7 Sep 1953, Winslow, Arizona, United States of America   5. Ronald Lee Goossen,   b. 11 May 1962, Muskogee, Oklahoma
  Photos		Walther Dwight and Ethel Goossen
  Family ID	F105	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2017

  
  

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  		Walter Goossen

  
  

• Notes

  WALTER D. GOOSSEN OBITUARY Walter D. Goossen was born the 10th son of Franz M. and Suzanna (Doerksen) Goossen on June 21, 1915 in Hillsboro, Kansas. His life was marked by faithful service to his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Saved at the age of 10, he was an avid student of the Word of God. Walter graduated from Hillsboro Bible Academy in 1933, took correspondence courses from Moody Bible Institute, and attended school in Denver. In the fall of 1941 he started his two year Bible School at Oklahoma Bible Academy. Later he attended Grace Bible Institute in Omaha, Nebraska. On August 15, 1943, Walter married Ethel Marie Koehn of Orienta, Oklahoma. At his death, he was survived by his wife, five children, twelve grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, and expecting two more great grandchildren. Walter began serving the Lord with the "Go Ye" Mission in the spring of 1943. He taught children in Bible schools in the northeast Oklahoma area. After his marriage to Ethel, they continued their work with the "Go Ye" Mission. In the spring of 1946, Walter was ordained as a preacher/elder, Walter and Ethel served as missionaries with the Hopi Indians in Arizona for six years. Following their missionary service, Walter pastored churches in Muskogee and Stillwater, Oklahoma and Kiowa and Augusta, Kansas. In and between serving as pastor, Walter served as deacon, elder, and Sunday School teacher in churches he attended. He was always involved in evangelistic ministry, whether talking to people along the lakeside or going door-to-door. His love for the Lord was evident in his life. Walter also did carpentry work, and his abilities to build, fix and repair, led him back to work at the "Go Ye" Mission in his retirement years. But his enthusiasm for serving his Lord was not limited to the maintenance side. He became involved in the Prison Ministry. He didn't just teach the prisoners, but developed friendships with them. Walter was faithful in service to the Lord. He will be missed by all who knew and loved him. (Info by www.fmgoossenfamily.com)