Dora Voth
Dora Justine (Harder) Voth, 96, of
Newton, Kansas, passed away at Parkside Home in Hillsboro, Kansas on
Wednesday, September 27, 2017. She was born April 11, 1921, in
Newton, Kansas to Helen (Richert) and Henry H. Harder. She spent her
early years in Newton, graduating from Newton High School in 1939.
That same year she began her career as a legal secretary. She was a
member of the First Mennonite Church from 1937 and was active in the
choir, playing piano and organ and teaching Sunday School. She was
very well read, enjoyed knitting scarves for missions, doing
crossword puzzles, working on her genealogy and e-mailing on her
computer and above all loved being with her family.
Dora married Herman R. Voth on May 16,
1947. They began their lives together in Newton, later moving to
Wichita then to Whitewater and returning years later to live in
Newton. They had two sons, James (Barbara) Voth of Henderson,
Nebraska and Thomas (Pamela) Voth of Hillsboro, Kansas; five
grandchildren, Kristen Voth of Wichita, Benjamin (Anna) Voth of
Wichita, Rebekah Voth of Denver, Erin (Christopher) Hutson of Wichita
and Kathryn (Joshua) Ens of Hillsboro. Dora also had five
great-grandchildren, Eden Hutson, Jude Hutson, Amelia Voth, London
Ens and Hollis Voth.
She was preceded in death by her
husband, her parents and two brothers, Albert Harder and Ernest
Harder.
Services will take place on Friday,
October 6, with a graveside service at 9:30 a.m. at Greenwood
Cemetery in Newton and a memorial service at 10:30 a.m. at the First
Mennonite Church in Newton.
Memorials for the Newton Public Library
and Good Shepherd Hospice c/o Petersen Funeral Home.
