Category Archives: Stories

Remembering Brother Bill

Prepared for a scheduled family get together in honor of Bill on February 26, 1966 By Dan H. Goering Introduction: I wish to share some of the experiences I had with Bill. I realize there are time gaps, some of … Continue reading

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Grandpa’s Voice

These recordings are an interview of Grandpa Goering from 1982. The interview was done when Grandpa was sitting in his brown recliner while living in the Bethel Deaconess Home in Newton, Ks. The interviewers are William Regier (local historian from … Continue reading

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How well do you know your Goering history?

From the Goering Gazette, March 1992, Pre-reunion issue #2 1. Our earliest ancestry can be traced to the Canton Bern in Switzerland. That year was approximately ___________. 2. We laughingly say we are descended from Moses. The truth is our … Continue reading

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News from the farm

from the archives of Dan & Grace sometime after the 1992 reunion Dan & Grace We thought you might like to have a write up of the reunion. Arts put one in the Kansan. Well Walter put it into the … Continue reading

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The one thing I can still do

by Tom Shane Tom Shane was at one time a chaplain/counselor at Prairie View and later in the Chaplaincy Department at HCA Wesley Hospital in Wichita. He wrote a weekly column in the Newton Kansan. He wrote this article about … Continue reading

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Breakfast wheat memories

At the reunion, many remembered breakfast wheat food. There were differences as to how it was processed and prepared. Sometimes it was simply soaked overnight and then cooked in the morning and served with molasses. Sometimes it was ground first, … Continue reading

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A tribute to Walt

by Dan Goering from the archives of Dan & Grace from the archives of Dan & Grace

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This and That

Originally published in the Goering Gazette, July 1989 Larry remembers being pushed into an oil barrel by Pat. Now why did Pat push him, who cleaned him up, and why does Larry remember this? Harry’s early memory (one of them) … Continue reading

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Stories

originally published in the Goering Gazette, July 1989 From Raph, as told to Rosie: We had an old rifle that shot right and high and so you had to adjust accordingly. I even got something with it sometimes. I remember … Continue reading

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From Martha

originally published in the Goering Gazette, July 1989 I have very few memories of mother but can remember her sing a song about a little Pretty Redwing. Although the title escapes me the tune rings in my ears. One of … Continue reading

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