Goens, Lydia Anne

Lydia Anne Goens
Dec. 9, 1959-Dec. 21, 1987


Niles Daily Star, Thursday, December 24, 1987, page 2, col. 1-2, microfilm Niles District Library

Lydia Ann Goens, 28, 4259 Lakes Edge Apt. A., Kalamazoo, died Monday at her home following a brief illness.

She was born Dec. 9, 1959, in Paw Paw and lived in Kalamazoo since October 1986, coming from Niles.  She was an employee of Chap's Restaurant.

Survivors include: her parents, Lydia Jeffries Goens of Niles and Charles Goens of Agus Prieta, Sonora, Mexico; a son, Levi Nicholas Goens, at home; a brother, David Goens of Kalamazoo; and grandmother, Florence Goens of Decatur.

Services at At. Mary's Catholic Church in Niles are pending.  Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Visitation will not be offered. Arrangements were made by the Halbritter Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to the Levi N. Goens Scholarship Fund in care of the Halbritter Funeral Home.


Niles Daily Star, Saturday, December 26, 1987, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library


Lydia Ann Goens, 28, 4259 Lakes Edge Apt. A., Kalamazoo, died Monday at her home following a brief illness.

She was born Dec. 9, 1959, in Paw Paw and lived in Kalamazoo since October 1986, moving there from Niles.  She was an employee of Chap's Restaurant.

Survivors include: her parents, Lydia Jeffries Goens of Niles and Charles Goens of Agus Prieta, Sonora, Mexico; a son, Levi Nicholas Goens, at home; a brother, David Goens of Kalamazoo; and grandmother, Florence Goens of Decatur.

Services are 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Niles. The Rev. Dennis A. Boylan of St. Mary's and the Rev. Louis T.Miller of the Spiritual Development Chapel, Benton Harbor, will conduct the services.  Burial will follow at Silverbrook Cemetery.

Visitation will not be offered. Arrangements were made by the Halbritter Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to the Levi N. Goens Scholarship Fund in care of the Halbritter Funeral Home.