Margaret Elizabeth Goetsch

GOETSCH Margaret Elizabeth (Steele) Goetsch of Leawood, KS, died August 20, 2004, at the University of Washington Medical Center from complications of chronic myleomonocytic leukemia. Services will be held September 4, 2004, at 10:30 a.m. at Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church with a reception to follow. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Margie was born July 14, 1944, in Pittsburg, KS. After briefly living in Arcadia, KS, she moved to Salina, KS. Margie moved to the Kansas City area in 1965. She graduated from the University of Kansas with a B.A. in art history in 1966. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma and P.E.O. She was employed by Employers Reinsurance Corporation, retiring in 1999. Margie was a member of Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church. She served on many committees including Altar Guild and the stewardship committee. She participated in Small Group and Bible study, which she dearly loved. Margie was preceded in death by her mother, the former Elizabeth Cannon, and her father, Harry Steele. Survivors include husband, Leo Goetsch of the home; brother, Mac Steele, Salina, KS; sister, Barbara Steele, Denver, CO; children, John Gamble, Lawrence, KS, Anne and Tondo Waldron, Leawood, KS, Chris and Vela Goetsch, Wichita, KS, Brad and Linda Goetsch, Fallon, NV, Tracey Goetsch, North Kansas City, MO; and eight beloved grandchildren, Andrew, Benjamin, Aubrey, Ellery, Jessie, Conor, Aaron and Darla. Margie loved art, cooking, needle pointing, her church, gardening, KU basketball, reading, friends but most of all her family.