Goetzinger, Eunice J. (1930 - 2017)

GOETZINGER, HEITHOFF, KROEGER, TIGGES, MCCULLOUGH, MCCULLOUGH, MILLER, KROEGER, STUHR, TUNIC

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 8/18/2017 at 11:48:26

Name of deceased: Eunice Josephine Goetzinger (nee Heithoff)

Aged: 86 yrs, 11 mo, 21 days

Residence: Story County Senior Care Facility, Nevada, IA

Born: Aug. 22, 1930; Elgin, NE

Died: Aug. 12, 2017; Story County Senior Care Facility, Nevada, IA

Funeral services: Mass of Christian Burial: Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2017; St. Peter’s Catholic Church; Defiance, IA; burial was in the Sts. Peter & Paul Cemetery at Defiance, IA

Survived by: Daughter, Julie Tigges of Nevada, IA; grandsons, Jamie McCullough, (spouse, Amy) and Maddox and Mason of Adel, IA, Jesse McCullough of Council Bluffs, IA, and Justin Tigges of Council Bluffs, IA; foster daughter, Rhonda Richards of Moorhead, IA; siblings, Audrey Miller of Omaha, NE, Yvonne Heithoff of Neligh, NE, Louis Heithoff of Elgin, NE, and Lorene Stuhr of Elgin, NE; nieces; nephews; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Albert and Eleanor (nee Kroeger) Heithoff; husband, Charles Goetzinger; siblings, Lita Tunic and Donald Heithoff

Education: attended St. Boniface School, Elgin, NE, and graduated with the class of 1948; after high school, she went on to earn her LPN in Omaha, NE.

Religious affiliation: baptized and confirmed at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Elgin, NE

Military service: n/a

Marriage: Charles Michael Goetzinger; Aug. 20, 1960; St. Boniface Catholic Church, Elgin, NE

Employment: Employed by Bank Iowa in Manilla, IA for 17 years as a bank teller; also worked as an Activities Coordinator at Manilla Manor, Manilla, IA. She retired in the 1990's.

Hobbies/Interests: scrapbooking; visiting nursing homes and talking to the elderly; going to the casino

Sources: kjan.com; pauleyjones.com