Mildred was born May 8, 1924, in rural Lowry City, Missouri, daughter of Arthur and Jessie (Walters) Bray. She died January 25, 2023, at her home in Lawrence, Kansas. Mildred loved her family: late husband Robert T. Goans; sons Michael Ray and Arthur Bradley Goans; grandchildren Elaine, Allen, Lisa, Julie, Michael, Brandon, and Jessie and their children; and 14 siblings, all deceased. Granddaughter Lisa Goans was her loving caregiver at the end of her life.
The family will gather in her memory in the spring at her home. A donation to Douglas County Visiting Nurses Hospice and condolences may be sent to Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, 601 Indiana Street, Box 1260, Lawrence, Kansas 66044 or rumsey-yost.com