Obit: Goetz, Margaret (1885 - 1970)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Goetz, Newhouse, Becker, Noeldner, Fenner, Meyer, Verhyn, Walter, Schmidt, Theisen, Schecklman, Wehe, King

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co, WI) 9/24/1970

Goetz, Margaret (20 February 1885 - 16 September 1970)

Funeral services for Mrs. John (Margaret) Goetz, 85, of Loyal, who died September 16, were held Saturday from St. Anthony’s Catholic Church. Msgr. Norbert E. King officiated. Burial was made in the parish cemetery.

Mrs. Goetz, the former Margaret Newhouse, was born February 20, 1885, in Loyal. She moved to Tony with her parents and resided there until her marriage to John Goetz on June 6, 1906, in Tony. After a year of marriage they moved to Clark County and settled on a farm in the Town of York. They retired 27 years ago, and since that time had made their home in Loyal.

Survivors include: her husband; a son, Romie, of Loyal; three daughters, Mrs. Dalbert (Florence) Becker and Mrs. Herman (Lucille) Noeldner, of Loyal and Mrs. Robert (Margaret) Fenner of St. Paul, Minn.; two sisters, Mrs. Albert (Tillie) Meyer of Loyal and Mrs. Lizzie Verhyn of Ladysmith; 16 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were: Tony Walter, Ed Schmidt, William Theisen, Sr., Albert Schecklman, Jerome Wehe and George Schmidt.