Hilda J. Voth
Hilda J. Voth, 89, passed
away Saturday (Jan. 3, 2009) at Hospice House of Reno County in Hutchinson. She
was born Sept. 3, 1919, in Goessel, the daughter of Heinrich and Anna Unruh
Woelk. She graduated from Bethel Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing in
Newton. She had been the superintendent of Bethesda Hospital in Goessel, and she
had worked as a nurse for Dr. Ratzlaff in Goessel, Dr. Rich in Buhler and at
Buhler Sunshine Home. After marriage, she had farmed together with her husband
on their dairy farm.
On Dec. 28, 1956, she married
Herman P. Voth at Goessel. He passed away on Jan. 8, 1976.
She was a member of the
Buhler Mennonite Church in Buhler.
She is survived by two
daughters, Linda Coleman and husband, Erle, of Winfield, and Leanna Wiens and
husband, Jay, of Inman; a brother, Eldon Woelk and wife, Melba, of Goessel; and
six grandchildren, Austin, Tyler and Shawn Coleman, and Scott, Laura and Ashlyn
Wiens.
She was preceded in death by
four brothers, Henry, Arthur, Alvin and Ernest; and three sisters, Sarah Woelk,
Anna Ensz and Marie Heppler.
Friends may call from 2 to 8
p.m. today at Buhler Mortuary in Buhler, with family greeting friends from 6 to
8 p.m.
Funeral services will be at
10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Buhler Mennonite Church with Pastor Bob Dalke presiding.
Burial will be at Buhler Municipal Cemetery in Buhler.
Memorials may be sent to
Buhler Mennonite Church, Buhler Sunshine Home or Mennonite Central Committee in
care of Buhler Mortuary, 120 N. Main St., Buhler, KS 67522.
1919 - 2009 (89 years)