James Dale Goetzinger 1938-2008
GOETZINGER, MOHR, YOUNG, TIGGES, WIENER, FAUROT, LYNCH, LINDSEY, BALLAS, CONRAD, DANIELS, TUTHILL, BERGER, FLEMING
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Date: 8/30/2017 at 18:30:54
James Dale Goetzinger
Birth: Nov. 30, 1938
Death: Jul. 6, 2008From the July 9, 2008 edition of the Dubuque Telegraph Herald
MARION, Iowa -- James Dale Goetzinger, 69, of Marion, formerly of Hiawatha, went to be with his Heavenly Father, Sunday, July 6, 2008, at ManorCare Health Services, following a long illness.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, July 11, at Cedar Memorial Park Chapel of Memories, Cedar Rapids, with the Deacon Al Scharosch officiating. Burial will be in Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Friends may call after 9:30 a.m. Friday at the chapel.
He was born on Nov. 30, 1938, in Graf, son of Leo and Magdalene (Mohr) Goetzinger. He attended a one room school house in Graf through the eighth grade.
He married Janice Marie Young on Nov. 24, 1960, in Dubuque.
James was a signal maintainer for Chicago Great Western Railroad. He also worked at Farmstead as an electrician and then Linn-Mar Schools in the maintenance department.
He was a member of St. Pius X Catholic Church.
Before his illness robbed him of his strength, James loved to fish, garden, travel with his family in the camper and spend time with his grandchildren. He was an all-around handyman in the house and with the car and was a great storyteller of his railroad days.
Surviving are his wife, Janice; four daughters, Teresa Wiener, of Alexandria, Va., Mary (Mike Faurot) Goetzinger, of Universal City, Texas, Paula (Ed Lynch) Goetzinger, of Iowa City, and Dana (Eric Ballas) Lindsey-Ballas, of Hiawatha; six grandchildren, Anthony and Christian Lindsey, Bryce and Cameron Lynch, Solomon Wiener and Kelsey Ballas; three sisters, Betty Conrad, of Delhi, Sharon Daniels, of Bagley, Wis., and Marge Tuthill, of Dubuque; two brothers, Darrell Goetzinger, of Marion, and Gene Goetzinger, of Graf; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Leo John and Robert Goetzinger; and two sisters, Linda Berger and Geraldine Fleming.
Burial:
Cedar Memorial Park
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Iowa, USA
Plot: Garden of TranquilityCreated by: Mr. Badger Hawkeye
Record added: Jul 09, 2008
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