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Goergen, Dominick 1875-1922

GOERGEN, MEYER, LARROSCH

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg (email)
Date: 6/13/2021 at 20:33:35

Alton Democrat of Saturday May 20, 1922

Death of Dominick Goergen
President of the Granville Telephone Co. passed away – sick eight months.
Dominick Goergen was born near Granville in 1875, growing up and spending all his life in the Granville vicinity. He is known to all and was regarded by all as an honest and industrious farmer. Some time ago he was examined and found to have cancer were upon he was taken immediately to Rochester but it was too late for an operation which would help him. The news that he had passed away on last Thursday evening came as a sad surprise. All deeply regretted his sickness. The funeral was held Monday which was largely attended. He is survived by four brothers, two sisters, his wife, mother and four children. The deepest sympathy of all is with tem in this time of their great loss.

Mr. Goergen passed away May 11 from cancer of the stomach with which he had suffered for 8 months at his home three miles northeast of town.
He was born at Alton Iowa on January 10, 1875, being 47 years old at his death. He was married February 16, 1904 to Miss Kathryn Meyer at Remsen. Eight children came to bless their home, two of them dying in infancy. Mr. Goergen is survived by his mother Mrs. Elizabeth Goergen, his widow, Mrs. Kathryn Goergen and Six children all of whom ar at home at follows, Justien, Geneva, Melinda, Julius, Edward and Louis. There are four brothers and two sisters who survive, Frank, Mike and Math of Granville, Jake of Carter Mont. Miss Melinda of Carter Mont. And Mrs. B. hoefler of Granville. Mr. Goergen was president of the Granville Telephone Co., from 1902 to 1921.

The funeral took place Monday May 15 at 9 a.m. form St. Joseph’s church Rev. J. A. Gerlemann officiating, and burial was at St. Joseph’s cemetery.
Among those from away who attended the funeral were listed in the rest of the article…..
(Note – He was the son of Theodore Georgen 1830-1905 and Elizabeth Larrosch 1848-1932.


 

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