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Martha Ellen Goering Sundgren

From Aunt Martha’s funeral program, February 4, 2015 Martha Ellen Goering Sundgren was born on Aug 13, 1925 to John B. and Jessie Schrag Goering on a farm northwest of Moundridge KS. As the eighth of sixteen children she learned … Continue reading

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Aunt Martha in the Kansan

http://www.thekansan.com/article/20110920/NEWS/309209974

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Martha Sundgren

NEWTON – Martha Sundgren, 89, passed away Jan. 28, 2015. She was born to John B. and Jessie Goering. She married Archer Sundgren. He preceded her in death. Visitation 5 to 9 p.m. with family present 6:30 to 8 p.m. … Continue reading

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The Military & Alternative Service Project — Harry writes…

Marcia asked her uncles for their thoughts on their experiences with their military and/or alternate service. You can read her original letter here: http://johnbgoering.com/?p=41 Harry D. Goering Littleton, Colorado. 80123 Dear Marcia, Gosh, what a great idea and worthwhile project. … Continue reading

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DaChaLor

Fooling around with a camera one evening in the kitchen on Baker Drive in Independence, Missouri. David, Charles, and Loren circa 1972.

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Cousins at the wedding of John B. and Anna, 1957

Cousins at the wedding of John B. Goering and Anna Ratzleff, 1957. From left to right: Constance, Bobbie, Marcia, Maeanna, Bernard, Suzanne

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Maeanna and Bernard and Constance at Easter, 1954, at the Goering farm near Peabody

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Jerry “dominate”s

July 2000, counting up a 7 tile play

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Migration routes of the Swiss Volhynian Mennonites

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jvoran/voran/migration.htm This page which details the history of families who emigrated to Freeman, SD, describes the migration routes from Montbeliard through Europe to the from roughly 1650 to the emigration to the United States in 1874. Our Schrag ancestors were among … Continue reading

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