Jessie (Blake) GOETZ

GOETZ, BLAKE, NEWCOMB, FREEMAN, MURPHY

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 4/16/2006 at 15:15:58

Mrs. Walter Goetz
Guttenberg, Iowa. [1871-1923]

Feb. 2 -- Special: Mr. and Mrs. Ed Goetz of this city received a message Thursday from Belmond, Iowa, bringing them the sad word of the death of their daughter-in-law, Mrs. Walter Goetz (nee Jessie Blake), who passed away at her home there at three o'clock on Thursday morning, after an illness of long duration, the cause of her death being anemia. Mrs. Goetz was born in Clayton on June 16, 1871. For a number of years she was a teacher in the schools of Clayton county and other points. On June 28, 1905, she was united in marriage with Mr. Walter Goetz of Guttenberg, Iowa. Soon after their marriage the couple went to Belmond, Iowa where she spent the remainder of her life, and where he husband is engaged in the mercantile business. Her untimely death is deeply mourned by her husband, three sisters, Mrs. Newcomb, of Florida, Mrs. Freeman of Los Angeles, California, and Mrs. Wm. Murphy of Janesville, Wis.: Three brothers, Steve, Will and Charles Blake, all of Clayton; besides many other relatives and friends. She will be sadly missed by all. The funeral will be held at Belmond.

Dubuque Telegraph-Herald; Friday, February 2, 1923

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