Memorial

Virginia Goehring, 91, of Marion, passed away August 13.  Graveside services will be held September 16, at 1:30 PM in the Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery in Cedar Rapids. Virginia Helen Bourne was born November 16, 1934, at her home in Ames, IA, to Leslie and Elsie (Schroeder) Bourne. As a young girl, she made beds in the Conoco Motel, owned by her parents. She enjoyed fishing on West Okoboji Lake, where her parents owned a summer home. She played her alto saxophone in the concert and marching bands during high school. She graduated from Ames High in 1952, earned her teaching certificate at Iowa State Teachers College (ISTC, now UNI) in 1954, and taught fifth grade for 2 ½ years in State Center, IA. While she was at ISTC, she met Marion Glen Goehring. They were married December 26, 1955, in Ames.

Virginia and Glen lived in Nevada, IA, and Horicon, WI, where Glen taught math. In 1967, they moved with their sons to Marion and Glen taught math in the Linn-Mar Community School District. After being a stay-at-home mother for years, she worked at the Linn County Department of Human Services in Cedar Rapids. She volunteered in the library in the First United Methodist Church in Marion, where she was a member for many years. In November 2020, Glen and Virginia moved into assisted living in Cedar Rapids.
      
Survivors include sons, Duane (Libby) of Panama City Beach, FL, and Jerry (Catherine) of Sitka, AK; grandson, Andy (Abby) Goehring, and great-grand daughter, Claire, of Delaware, OH; and grandson, Jerome (Elizabeth) Goehring, and great-grand daughters, Lena and Aveline, and great-grandsons, Mason and Asher, of Bristow, VA; step-granddaughters, Breanna Martin and Brittany Dumag, of Sitka; and sister, Geneva (Andrew) Yarne of Marion. Also surviving are many cousins, nieces, and nephews and their children and grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Glen, December 27, 2023; a daughter-in-law, Alicia Goehring; and her brothers, Wayne, Gerald, Richard, and Alvin.

Contributions can be given to the Marion Methodist church or to the charity of your choice. Thank you to the staffs at The Views in Cedar Rapids and Silver Oak in Marion.