Paul Goring

Paul Albert Carl Grotius Goring, 82, of Siloam Springs, Arkansas, died April 8, 2010, at Siloam Springs Memorial Hospital, Siloam Springs, Arkansas. Born January 25, 1928, in Uniontown, Ohio, he was the son of Albert Hans Goring and Ida B. Grotius Goring. He was an Army veteran. He was a graduate of John Brown University in Siloam Springs and received his PhD from the University of Missouri, in Kansas City. Paul worked 18 years as a professor at the University of Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia. He lived 34 years in Colombia where he was a missionary with Christian Missions in Many Lands. He moved to Siloam Springs 9 years ago from Wheaton, Illinois. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church. Paul married Janet Coates Lancaster on September 15, 2001, in Siloam Springs. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Alma Sue Harris, in 2000. Survivors include his wife, Janet, of the home; six daughters: Christine Goring Kepner and her husband Richard of Wheaton, Illinois; Ruth Goring and Daniel de la Pava of Chicago, Illinois; Martha Goring Munoz and husband Gilberto of Inglewood, California; Mary Beth Goring and husband Carl J. Hahn III of Inglewood, California; Jeannette R. Masters and husband Bruce of Lincoln, Nebraska; Esther Goring Galan and husband Juan of Wheaton, Illinois; two sons, Timothy P. Goring of Dallas, Texas, and Daniel J. Goring of Kansas City, Missouri; 21 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and 188 foster children throughout the world. Local services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, April 10, 2010, at Wasson Memorial Chapel, Siloam Springs, Arkansas, with Rev. Breck Castleman officiating. Visitation will be 5:00 to 6:30 p.m., Friday, April 9, 2010, at Wasson Funeral Home, Siloam Springs, Arkansas. Funeral services in Illinois will be at Bethany Chapel, 404 N President, Wheaton, on Tuesday, April 13: 1:00 p.m. viewing, 2:00 funeral, followed by a 3:30 interment with a brief graveside ceremony at Wheaton Memorial Cemetery. Memorials may be made to John Brown University, 2000 West University Street, Siloam Springs, AR 72761-2121 or to Chrisitian Missions in Many Lands, P.O. Box 13, Spring Lake, NJ 07762-0013.

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Paul Goring

January 25, 1928 - April 8, 2010