Pauline Faye (Breeden) Goeken, 107, Lenora, Kansas, passed away February 12, 2023, at the Andbe Home in Norton, Kansas. She was born January 25, 1916, in Lenora to Rudolph and Gladys (Martin) Breeden. Rudy died at the age of 23 of Influenza Meningitis in November of 1918, leaving his two-year-old daughter, Pauline, and six-month-old son, Jack. Pauline and Jack were raised by Rudy’s brother Orville Breeden and his wife Myrtle Conklim Breeden. Pauline attended a country school until age ten when the family moved into Lenora. She graduated from Lenora Grade and Lenora High School.
On May 9, 1936, Max Goeken and Pauline were joined in marriage at the Methodist Church in Salina, Kansas. They lived in Salina, Colorado Springs and Fort Morgan, Colorado until moving to a farm near Edmond. In 1948 the couple and their three sons: Max, James, and Ricky moved from the farm into Lenora. Once Pauline lived in town, she busied herself running a coffee shop and catering weddings for many years. She lived in the same home until her death.
Pauline was preceded in death by her husband Max Goeken; her two sons Max Goeken and Ricky Goeken; and two grandsons.
Survivors left to cherish her memory are her son James B. “Jim” Goeken of Lenora; six grandchildren; ten great grandchildren; twelve great-great grandchildren and one great-great-great grandchild.
In Pauline’s notes she left these thoughts for us, “I want to thank all of you who have blessed my life with flowers, words, and deeds in times gone by and especially to the many bouquets of flowers Jim has given me.”
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