Catherine Enid Goering, 83, a long time resident of Haysville, Kansas, passed away in Houston, Texas on Friday, October 12th, 2007. She was born in Enid, Oklahoma, on December 3, 1923 to Susan Boyer Clegg and Harlan A. Clegg.
Catherine graduated from high school in Newton, Kansas, in 1941 and entered Bethel College in the Fall of that year. She was married to Wilmer E. Goering on March 12, 1944, after which the two of them went to work at Camp Atterberry, Indiana, where they remained for the duration of World War II, renting a home in nearby Columbus, Indiana.
After the end of their service at Camp Atterberry, the couple lived in Lawrence, Kansas, where Wilmer attended and graduated from the University of Kansas Law School. Their next residence was in Lyons, Kansas, where their daughter, Selinde Suzanne was born. After their move to Hillsboro, Kansas, they were joined by a son, Wilmer Goering, II and a second son, Lawrence Kermit Goering.
Catherine finished her degree at the University of Wichita where she won the Scheer Efficiency Prize for the highest undergraduate grade point average. She subsequently earned an M. A. in education at Wichita State University. After holding teaching positions in Lyons, Hillsboro and Wichita, Catherine joined the school system in Haysville, Kansas. her thirty-five year career as an educator included periods of time serving as a classroom teacher, a reading specialist and a school administrator.
Catherine was preceded in death by her her husband of 54 years in December 1998; her mother in August of 1977; her father in May of 1981; her daughter in August of 2005; and her sister in 1998. She is survived by two sons: Wilmer Goering II & his wife Barbara McKinney, of Madison, Indiana and Larry Goering & his wife Karen McCoskey Goering, of St. Louis, Missouri; son-in-law Michael Hays of Houston, Texas; two grandsons: Jacob Goering of West Lafayette, Indiana and Nathan Hays of Houston, Texas; brother Don Clegg & wife Pat of Abbottstown, Pennsylvania; sister Ruth Reed & husband Claude of Arkansas City, Kansas; as well as many other relatives and friends.
Funeral Services were held at 10:30 A.M. on Thursday, October 18th, 2007, in the VA Chapel at the Houston National Cemetery located at 10410 Veterans Memorial Drive, Houston, Texas, phone 281-447-8686.
There was also a Memorial Service for Catherine at 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, October 27th, 2007, at Lorraine Avenue Mennonite Church located at 655 South Lorraine Avenue in Wichita, Kansas.
Catherine will be missed by all who knew and loved her.
