Alice Goeken: 1933-2021
Alice A. Goeken, age 88, of Scotland, S.D., passed away Monday, Oct. 25, 2021 at Landmann-Jungman Memorial Hospital Avera in Scotland. Her funeral was held Oct. 29, at the Scotland Community Church. Burial was at Ebenezer Cemetery, rural Scotland.
Alice was born Thursday, March 2, 1933 to Emil P. and Bertha (Dewald) Friederich at Tripp, S.D. She attended country school through the eighth grade. Alice married Floyd E. Goeken on March 14, 1954 in Tripp.
After raising her family and working on the farm, she worked at several places, including Scotland Hospital, prior to retirement. Alice enjoyed gardening, baking, crocheting and visiting with friends and family.
Alice is survived by children: Debra Koster, Freeman, S.D., Rita (Leslie) Leichtnam, Vermillion, S.D., Sheila Goeken, Yankton, S.D., Lisa (Dan) Jerke, Avon, S.D., Scott Goeken, Le Mars, Iowa and Greg (Liz) Goeken, Henderson, Nev.; grandchildren: Kyle (Kaitlyn) Jerke, Loretto, Minn., Lacey Leichtnam (Clinton Jaqua) Sioux Falls, S.D., Christopher Jerke, Sioux Falls, Lauren Leichtnam (Nolan Neubauer-Keyes), Yankton, and Hunter Goeken (Nina Noteboom) Henderson; great-grandchildren August and Rosalie Neubauer-Keyes; sisters Phyllis Knittel, Velda Sell and Margie (John) Stone; and sisters-in-law Charlotte Friederich, Dorothy Lang and LaVerne Goeken.
Preceding Alice in death were her husband, Floyd (1993); parents, Emil and Bertha; mother- and father-in-law Hiram and Clara Goeken; son-in-law Brian Koster; brothers: Arnold, Maynard, Willard and Verlyn in infancy; sisters-in-law Florein and Arlene Friederich and brothers-in-law Harold Knittel and Charlie Sell.
