----Source: COLBY PHONOGRAPH (Colby, Wis.) 05/16/1918

Goeltz, Edith (7 FEB 1867 - 6 May 1918)

Mrs. Edith Goeltz, who died at her home in this city (Colby, Wis.), Monday, May 6, 1918, was born in the town of Rosendale, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., Feb. 7, 1867. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Rush, well known residents of that locality. She was married to William Goeltz at Picketts, Wis., in 1888 and came to Colby in the year 1906.

She is survived by her husband and two children, Frank and Margaret, six sisters and two brothers. Of these, the son, Frank, is in the service of his country and is stationed at Camp Grant, and the daughter, Miss Margaret, is at home in this city. Of the sisters there are Mrs. Minnie Hyde, Ripon; Mrs. Amelia Adams and Mrs. Matilda Lowe, Fisk; Mrs. Theresa Ludwig, Picketts; Mrs. Winnie Stoltz, Meadowlands, Minn., and Mrs. Louis Kruesel, Buffalo, N.D. The two brothers are John Rush, Big Lake, Minn. and Charley Rush, Buffalo, N.D.

All excepting the two brothers and Mrs. Kruesel were present at the funeral.