GOETSCH, William Fredrick 1886-1956

GOETSCH, GRABAU, EASIER

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Date: 11/3/2010 at 14:48:21

Cresco Times, September 12, 1956, page 1, column 5

William F. Goetsch Funeral Services Here on Saturday

Funeral services were held at the Zion Evangelical United Brethren church Saturday afternoon for William Fredrick Goetsch, 70, of Cresco, who died at his home Wednesday following a year's illness.

The funeral services were conducted by the pastor, the Rev. Edward A. Schaller, and burial was in the Cedar Hill cemetery west of the Zion Evangelical United Brethren church. The Bradley Funeral home was in charge of the arrangements.

William F. Goetsch, son of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Goetsch, was born on the Goetsch farm in Howard county, March 29, 1886. It was on this farm that Mr. Goetsch spent his entire life.

Mr. Goetsch received his elementary education in the Lincoln school of Albion township. At 12 years of age he joined the Zion Evangelical church, now known as the Zion Evangelical United Brethren church. Soon after this, he was baptized in the Upper Iowa river by the Rev. A. H. Buente.

On June 28, 1917, he was united in marriage with Sylvia A. Grabau. Mr. and Mrs. Goetsch became the parents of two sons and two daughters, all of whom survive.

Surviving Mr. Goetsch are his wife, Sylvia, and four children, Mona, William E. and Lawrence Goetsch, at home, and Vera, now Mrs. Robert Easier of Waterloo.

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