GOETSCH, Roger Alden 1999-2008

FRAVEL, GOETSCH

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Date: 10/19/2010 at 07:11:24

Cresco Times, June 25, 2008, Page 6A, Column 1-3

Roger Goetsch, 8

CRESCO - Funeral services for Roger A. Goetsch of rural Cresco, IA, will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 26, 2008 at the United Methodist Church in Cresco. Interment will be held in Cedar Hill Cemetery in rural Cresco, IA.

Friends may call from 4-7 p.m. on Wednesday evening at the Lindstrom Funeral Home in Cresco, and one hour prior to services at the church.

Lindstrom Funeral Home in Cresco, IA is handling the arrangements.

Roger, 8, died Sunday, June 22, 2008 after being run over by a tractor.

Roger Alden Goetsch was born November 8, 1999 in Cresco, IA. He attended his father's church (Zion United Methodist Church in rural Cresco, IA.), and his mother's church (Assembly of God in Cresco, IA). Roger was always singing church songs, he didn't know all the words, but he knew the tune. He loved nothing better than farming with his daddy and wanted to be a farmer when he grew up.

Roger loved school and didn't mind the one and a half hour commute to John Cline Elementary in Decorah where he was enrolled in the Life Skills Program. He had a mild cognitive disability but learned to read and was learning math. Roger overcame much of his shyness and was a happy boy always with a smile.

Roger is survived by his parents: William K. and Rose Goetsch; a sister, Sarah (12); and his best buddy, brother, William R. Goetsch (10), all of rural Cresco, IA.

Roger was preceded in death by his grandpa William E. Goetsch and his grandpa Robert P. Fravel, both of whom he remembered while looking through photo albums.
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Cresco Times, front page, June 25, 2008

Tractor Accident Fatal For 8-year-old

by Sara Daehn, News Editor

CRESCO - An 8-year-old rural Cresco boy died after he was accidentally struck by a farm tractor last Sunday.

Roger Alden Goetsch, son of William and Rose Goetsch, was hit by the tractor in his farmyard late Sunday afternoon.

Roger's father was backing up the tractor with a hay baler on the back of it, obstructing his view behind him, when he ran over his son, according to Howard County Sheriff Mark Grinhaug. Grinhaug said he believes the boy may have been running up behind his father's tractor with the goal of jumping on the back of it for a ride before he was struck.

The Howard County Sheriff's Department, Howard County Ambulance and First Responders arrived at the Goetsch residence on 35th St. in northeastern rural Howard County around 4 p.m.

Roger was pronounced dead at the scene by the Howard County Medical Examiner. Mayo One also provided emergency care at the scene.

The 8-year-old attended John Cline Elementary in Decorah. He enjoyed attending church with his parents and singing church songs. Roger also enjoyed helping out on the farm.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 26 at the United Methodist Church in Cresco. Friends may call at the Lindstrom Funeral Home in Cresco from 4 to 7 p.m. on June 25 and one hour prior to services at the church. The burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery in rural Cresco.

For Roger's obituary, see page A6. [Above]
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Transcribed by an IA GenWeb Volunteer from obituaries found in the Howard-Winneshiek Genealogy Society Library, Cresco, Iowa. Contributed by Janice Sowers, 2010