Margaret Goentzel
Margaret Goentzel, 94, died Jan. 27, 2007, at Fairview, Okla.
Born Jan. 24, 1913, at Hooker, Okla., she was the daughter of John and Helena (Baerg) Jost.
On April 28, 1935, she married Leo J. Goentzel at Hillsboro. He died in 1981.
She also was preceded in death by a daughter, Judith Goentzel.
Survivors include two sons, LeRoy Goentzel of Denver, Colo., and Charles Goentzel of Wichita; two daughters, Jane Eitzen of Fairview, Okla., and Allene Schultz of Granger, Ind.; brother, Harold Jost of Hillsboro; three sisters, Edna Janzen of Newhall, Calif., Ellen Ewy of Reedley, Calif., and Melinda Smith of Lansdale, Pa.; 12 grandchildren; and 26 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Ebenfeld Mennonite Brethren Church, rural Hillsboro, with pastors Roland Reimer and Ernie Friesen officiating.
Burial will be in Ebenfeld Cemetery, rural Hillsboro.
A memorial fund has been established with Tabor College.
