GOETSCH, Arthur E. 1874-1950

GOETSCH, BLATTER, NISE, DIEM, EVANS, THOMAS

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Date: 11/3/2010 at 11:04:05

Cresco Times, January 18, 1950, page 1, column 2

Arthur E. Goetsch Died Early Monday

Arthur Edwin Goetsch age 75, died in his home, three miles north of Bonair, early Monday morning.

Funeral services will be held In Zion Evangelical church, Friday afternoon at 2:00. The Rev. Wilbur Moulton, pastor, will conduct the services, and burial will be in the Cedar Hill cemetery.

Arthur Goetsch, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Goetsch, was born in Watertown, Wisconsin October 11, 1874. He moved to the Lime Springs community when a small child. He was married to Elizabeth Blatter on March 16, 1900. The couple became the parents of six children, two of whom died in infancy.

Surviving Mr. Goetsch, there are his widow, one son, Henry, of Lime Springs; three daughters, Mrs. Carl Nise of Lime Springs, Mrs. Stewart Diem of Miami, Florida, and Hazel Goetsch, who lives at home; three brothers, William and Alex Goetsch of Cresco and Edward of Cedar Falls, and two sisters, Mrs. Herbert Evans and Mrs. Thomas Thomas of Lime Springs. One sister, Ida Goetsch of Cresco, preceded him in death.

Obituaries found in the Howard-Winneshiek Genealogy Society Library, Cresco, Iowa and contributed by Janice Sowers, 2010. Transcribed by an IA GenWeb Volunteer.