Loretta A. Goergen 1923 - 2016

GOERGEN, BRUDER, FELDHACKER

Posted By: Connie Swearingen - volunteer (email)
Date: 3/15/2016 at 00:20:07

Sioux City Journal
9 March 2016

SOUTH SIOUX CITY | Loretta A. Goergen, 92, of South Sioux City passed away Saturday, March 5, 2016, at her home.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Michael's Catholic Church in South Sioux City, with the Rev. David Fulton officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. today, with a Scriptural wake service at 7 p.m., at Becker–Hunt Funeral Home.

Loretta was born on July 27, 1923, in Crofton, Neb., the daughter of Jacob J. and Louise E. (Bruder) Feldhacker. She graduated from Catholic Academy High School in Sioux City.

She married Francis E. Goergen on Oct. 8, 1942, in Jackson, Neb. She was employed at Savages, Churches and Edwards I.G.A. Grocery Stores for 25 years. She later was employed at Perkins Office Solutions for 24 years.

She was a member of St. Michael's Catholic Church.

Survivors include two sons and their wives, Gerald and Pamela Goergen of Alvin, Texas, and Kirk and LuAnne Goergen of Kingsland, Ga.; a daughter, Jeri and her husband, Jerry Fergen of South Sioux City; five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and nine great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Francis on Sept. 1, 1990; two brothers, James and Charles Feldhacker; a sister, Laverta Antoine; and a great-great-grandchild, Tyson.

Pallbearers will be Rick Fergen, Corey, Jacob, and Jarrod Goergen, Marvin Rasmussen and Manford Peters.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed St. Michael's Catholic Church.