Rose Flaming used her "ticket" to Heaven on Monday, August 10, 2015, and it would be her sincere desire to see all of you there too!
Rose was born October 27, 1921 to Birkholtz and Eva Goertz Guhr. Along with her brothers she attended Sandcreek country school for 8 years. The school room was heated with wood and then coal. Her education continued for one semester at Goessel High School. Her formal education stopped because there was no money for gas to drive her there. She began working and earned extra income by cooking for others, sewing men's shirts out of flour sacks, bedroom curtains out of mash sacks, and her own dresses. Her housekeeper wage in 1935 was $4/week. When they discovered she could bake cinnamon rolls they had her stay until Saturday morning so they could have fresh hot rolls. Her Dad would take her to work and she stayed there overnight. She also embroidered quilt tops, pillow cases and tea towels.
Rose met Dick Flaming on the porch steps of the Tabor Church when she was 19. He asked to give her a ride home which started their courting relationship and eventual marriage on December 29, 1941. Their first home was a rented farm south of Hillsboro. Rose had a "green thumb" and had a vegetable and flower garden her entire life (even on her deck in her last years at home). She helped Dick on the farm where they raised milo, wheat and operated a dairy farm. In the late 1940's they had a dairy east of Goessel and then in 1951 continued their dairy operation east of Walton. After renting numerous farms the Lord led them to their dream farm in rural Peabody which they purchased in 1960. Rose related that the births of their children were some of the happiest times of their life. She remembers one particular birth only costing $38.00.
Rose was survived by her three sons; Jerry & Carolyn of Rockford, Ill., Mel & Marilyn, Del & Margaret of Peabody, 8 grandchildren and spouses, 15 great grandchildren, one great-great grandchild, sister Edna Stucky, and brothers Adolf, Otto Guhr, numerous nieces, and nephews. Preceding her in death: husband Dick, son Lance, grandson Todd, her infant sister Lydia, brothers John, Arnold, Sam, Dan, and Milton Guhr.
The casket will be open at Koerner Heights Church of the Mennonite Brethren in Newton on Friday after 4:00 pm where the family will receive friends between 6:00 and 8:00pm. Graveside services and interment will be held at 9:30 A.M., Saturday (August 15, 2015) at the Claney Cemetery south of Marion, Ks. Memorial services will follow at 11:00 A.M., Saturday at the Koerner Heights Church in Newton. A memorial has been established the Bethesda Home of Goessel or the Hearing Impaired Fund of Koerner Heights Church, contributions may be sent to Broadway Colonial Funeral Home, 120 E. Broadway, Newton, Ks. 67114. Arrangements are by Broadway Colonial Funeral Home, Newton.
