Leavenworth Times, The (Oct/6/2004)
Mildred Louise Twenhafel
Mildred Louise Twenhafel entered the presence of her Father on September 28, 2004 after viewing the beauty of his creation in Roatan, Honduras.
She was born Sept. 18, 1929, the oldest daughter of Herman and Christa Gohlke, in Vernon, Texas. She spent her childhood in Vernon and Littlefield, Texas, helping on the family cotton farm and caring for her younger siblings, especially her sisters.
Mildred graduated from Littlefield High School and attended St. John's Teacher's College in Winfield, Kansas, where she enjoyed her studies and her friends. She began her lifelong teaching career at St. John's Lutheran School in Corpus Christi, Texas.
She met her husband Arnold through a mutual friend on a blind date. They were married on Aug. 16, 1953, in Littlefield and were blessed with five children. Mildred spent the next 48 years as a faithful servant of God and assisting her husband in his ministry. She willingly and gracefully did all that was asked of her as a minister's wife.
Together, they served churches in Texas, Illinois, Michigan, Iowa and Kansas. Throughout all of their moves, Mildred continued her teaching career.
In 1973, she began a preschool at their rural church in Victor, Iowa. She was present at the 30-year anniversary of this preschool in 2003.
She moved to Easton, Kansas in 1988 and began teaching in the Head Start program in Leavenworth and later in Atchison, where she was currently employed. Children, teaching and her faith in God were central to her life.
She had the ability to make every child feel like they were the only child on earth whenever she spent time with them.
Through the years, she taught Sunday School and was active in the Lutheran Women's Missionary League, served as a 4-H leader and taught numerous numbers of kids and adults to bake yeast bread.
She was well known for her homemade breads, doughnuts, jelly and cream pies. She had a memorable laugh and infectious zest for life.
She loved being a grandmother to Grant, Sarah, Luke, Jonah, William, Adina and Sammy. She taught them how to cook, bake bread and played and read with them on every visit.
She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, a brother and a sister.
She is survived by her children:
Mark Twenhafel of Easton,
Randy Twenhafel of Anchorage, Alaska,
David Twenhafel of Frederick, Maryland,
Christine Samms of Overland Park, Kansas and
Karen Twenhafel Grassi of Colorado Springs, Colorado;
three brothers,
Hubert Gohlke of Farwell, Texas,
Eldon Gohlke of Littlefield, Texas and
Ernie Gohlke of San Antonio, Texas;
two sisters,
Gladys Hobratschk of Littlefield, Texas and
Edie Bourland of Enid, Oklahoma,
an aunt,
Cornelia Schultz of San Antonio, Texas; countless friends.
She is also survived by the hundreds of children whom she taught and whose lives she touched. Her family would like to thank the kind people of Honduras and the staff of the United States Embassy for their assistance after her death.
Funeral Services will be 3 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2004, at St. John's Lutheran Church, 34771 -- 243rd St., Easton, Kan. Burial will be in St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Easton, Kan.
Family will receive friends from 1 p.m. until 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, at the church. Memorials in memory of Mildred are suggested to St. John's Lutheran Church to be used for capital improvements at the church or the Lutheran Women's Missionary League (LWML).
The Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral, 800 Kansas Ave, Atchison, KS 66002 is in charge of the arrangements.
Mildred Louise Twenhafel
Mildred Louise Twenhafel entered the presence of her Father on September 28, 2004 after viewing the beauty of his creation in Roatan, Honduras.
She was born Sept. 18, 1929, the oldest daughter of Herman and Christa Gohlke, in Vernon, Texas. She spent her childhood in Vernon and Littlefield, Texas, helping on the family cotton farm and caring for her younger siblings, especially her sisters.
Mildred graduated from Littlefield High School and attended St. John's Teacher's College in Winfield, Kansas, where she enjoyed her studies and her friends. She began her lifelong teaching career at St. John's Lutheran School in Corpus Christi, Texas.
She met her husband Arnold through a mutual friend on a blind date. They were married on Aug. 16, 1953, in Littlefield and were blessed with five children. Mildred spent the next 48 years as a faithful servant of God and assisting her husband in his ministry. She willingly and gracefully did all that was asked of her as a minister's wife.
Together, they served churches in Texas, Illinois, Michigan, Iowa and Kansas. Throughout all of their moves, Mildred continued her teaching career.
In 1973, she began a preschool at their rural church in Victor, Iowa. She was present at the 30-year anniversary of this preschool in 2003.
She moved to Easton, Kansas in 1988 and began teaching in the Head Start program in Leavenworth and later in Atchison, where she was currently employed. Children, teaching and her faith in God were central to her life.
She had the ability to make every child feel like they were the only child on earth whenever she spent time with them.
Through the years, she taught Sunday School and was active in the Lutheran Women's Missionary League, served as a 4-H leader and taught numerous numbers of kids and adults to bake yeast bread.
She was well known for her homemade breads, doughnuts, jelly and cream pies. She had a memorable laugh and infectious zest for life.
She loved being a grandmother to Grant, Sarah, Luke, Jonah, William, Adina and Sammy. She taught them how to cook, bake bread and played and read with them on every visit.
She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, a brother and a sister.
She is survived by her children:
Mark Twenhafel of Easton,
Randy Twenhafel of Anchorage, Alaska,
David Twenhafel of Frederick, Maryland,
Christine Samms of Overland Park, Kansas and
Karen Twenhafel Grassi of Colorado Springs, Colorado;
three brothers,
Hubert Gohlke of Farwell, Texas,
Eldon Gohlke of Littlefield, Texas and
Ernie Gohlke of San Antonio, Texas;
two sisters,
Gladys Hobratschk of Littlefield, Texas and
Edie Bourland of Enid, Oklahoma,
an aunt,
Cornelia Schultz of San Antonio, Texas; countless friends.
She is also survived by the hundreds of children whom she taught and whose lives she touched. Her family would like to thank the kind people of Honduras and the staff of the United States Embassy for their assistance after her death.
Funeral Services will be 3 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2004, at St. John's Lutheran Church, 34771 -- 243rd St., Easton, Kan. Burial will be in St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Easton, Kan.
Family will receive friends from 1 p.m. until 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, at the church. Memorials in memory of Mildred are suggested to St. John's Lutheran Church to be used for capital improvements at the church or the Lutheran Women's Missionary League (LWML).
The Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral, 800 Kansas Ave, Atchison, KS 66002 is in charge of the arrangements.
Leavenworth Times, The (Oct/6/2004)
Mildred Louise Twenhafel
Mildred Louise Twenhafel entered the presence of her Father on September 28, 2004 after viewing the beauty of his creation in Roatan, Honduras.
She was born Sept. 18, 1929, the oldest daughter of Herman and Christa Gohlke, in Vernon, Texas. She spent her childhood in Vernon and Littlefield, Texas, helping on the family cotton farm and caring for her younger siblings, especially her sisters.
Mildred graduated from Littlefield High School and attended St. John's Teacher's College in Winfield, Kansas, where she enjoyed her studies and her friends. She began her lifelong teaching career at St. John's Lutheran School in Corpus Christi, Texas.
She met her husband Arnold through a mutual friend on a blind date. They were married on Aug. 16, 1953, in Littlefield and were blessed with five children. Mildred spent the next 48 years as a faithful servant of God and assisting her husband in his ministry. She willingly and gracefully did all that was asked of her as a minister's wife.
Together, they served churches in Texas, Illinois, Michigan, Iowa and Kansas. Throughout all of their moves, Mildred continued her teaching career.
In 1973, she began a preschool at their rural church in Victor, Iowa. She was present at the 30-year anniversary of this preschool in 2003.
She moved to Easton, Kansas in 1988 and began teaching in the Head Start program in Leavenworth and later in Atchison, where she was currently employed. Children, teaching and her faith in God were central to her life.
She had the ability to make every child feel like they were the only child on earth whenever she spent time with them.
Through the years, she taught Sunday School and was active in the Lutheran Women's Missionary League, served as a 4-H leader and taught numerous numbers of kids and adults to bake yeast bread.
She was well known for her homemade breads, doughnuts, jelly and cream pies. She had a memorable laugh and infectious zest for life.
She loved being a grandmother to Grant, Sarah, Luke, Jonah, William, Adina and Sammy. She taught them how to cook, bake bread and played and read with them on every visit.
She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, a brother and a sister.
She is survived by her children:
Mark Twenhafel of Easton,
Randy Twenhafel of Anchorage, Alaska,
David Twenhafel of Frederick, Maryland,
Christine Samms of Overland Park, Kansas and
Karen Twenhafel Grassi of Colorado Springs, Colorado;
three brothers,
Hubert Gohlke of Farwell, Texas,
Eldon Gohlke of Littlefield, Texas and
Ernie Gohlke of San Antonio, Texas;
two sisters,
Gladys Hobratschk of Littlefield, Texas and
Edie Bourland of Enid, Oklahoma,
an aunt,
Cornelia Schultz of San Antonio, Texas; countless friends.
She is also survived by the hundreds of children whom she taught and whose lives she touched. Her family would like to thank the kind people of Honduras and the staff of the United States Embassy for their assistance after her death.
Funeral Services will be 3 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2004, at St. John's Lutheran Church, 34771 -- 243rd St., Easton, Kan. Burial will be in St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Easton, Kan.
Family will receive friends from 1 p.m. until 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, at the church. Memorials in memory of Mildred are suggested to St. John's Lutheran Church to be used for capital improvements at the church or the Lutheran Women's Missionary League (LWML).
The Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral, 800 Kansas Ave, Atchison, KS 66002 is in charge of the arrangements.
Mildred Louise Twenhafel
Mildred Louise Twenhafel entered the presence of her Father on September 28, 2004 after viewing the beauty of his creation in Roatan, Honduras.
She was born Sept. 18, 1929, the oldest daughter of Herman and Christa Gohlke, in Vernon, Texas. She spent her childhood in Vernon and Littlefield, Texas, helping on the family cotton farm and caring for her younger siblings, especially her sisters.
Mildred graduated from Littlefield High School and attended St. John's Teacher's College in Winfield, Kansas, where she enjoyed her studies and her friends. She began her lifelong teaching career at St. John's Lutheran School in Corpus Christi, Texas.
She met her husband Arnold through a mutual friend on a blind date. They were married on Aug. 16, 1953, in Littlefield and were blessed with five children. Mildred spent the next 48 years as a faithful servant of God and assisting her husband in his ministry. She willingly and gracefully did all that was asked of her as a minister's wife.
Together, they served churches in Texas, Illinois, Michigan, Iowa and Kansas. Throughout all of their moves, Mildred continued her teaching career.
In 1973, she began a preschool at their rural church in Victor, Iowa. She was present at the 30-year anniversary of this preschool in 2003.
She moved to Easton, Kansas in 1988 and began teaching in the Head Start program in Leavenworth and later in Atchison, where she was currently employed. Children, teaching and her faith in God were central to her life.
She had the ability to make every child feel like they were the only child on earth whenever she spent time with them.
Through the years, she taught Sunday School and was active in the Lutheran Women's Missionary League, served as a 4-H leader and taught numerous numbers of kids and adults to bake yeast bread.
She was well known for her homemade breads, doughnuts, jelly and cream pies. She had a memorable laugh and infectious zest for life.
She loved being a grandmother to Grant, Sarah, Luke, Jonah, William, Adina and Sammy. She taught them how to cook, bake bread and played and read with them on every visit.
She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, a brother and a sister.
She is survived by her children:
Mark Twenhafel of Easton,
Randy Twenhafel of Anchorage, Alaska,
David Twenhafel of Frederick, Maryland,
Christine Samms of Overland Park, Kansas and
Karen Twenhafel Grassi of Colorado Springs, Colorado;
three brothers,
Hubert Gohlke of Farwell, Texas,
Eldon Gohlke of Littlefield, Texas and
Ernie Gohlke of San Antonio, Texas;
two sisters,
Gladys Hobratschk of Littlefield, Texas and
Edie Bourland of Enid, Oklahoma,
an aunt,
Cornelia Schultz of San Antonio, Texas; countless friends.
She is also survived by the hundreds of children whom she taught and whose lives she touched. Her family would like to thank the kind people of Honduras and the staff of the United States Embassy for their assistance after her death.
Funeral Services will be 3 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2004, at St. John's Lutheran Church, 34771 -- 243rd St., Easton, Kan. Burial will be in St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Easton, Kan.
Family will receive friends from 1 p.m. until 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, at the church. Memorials in memory of Mildred are suggested to St. John's Lutheran Church to be used for capital improvements at the church or the Lutheran Women's Missionary League (LWML).
The Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral, 800 Kansas Ave, Atchison, KS 66002 is in charge of the arrangements.
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