Obit: Goelden, Augusta Anna (1867 - 1953) 

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Surnames: Goelden, Zausch, Wille,, Brown, Schultz, Nachnable, Banditt, Dolan, Ingersoll, Kunze, Mantor, Merwin, Schulz, Bennett, Stokosa, Prokop, Helgerson, Lenhard, Kilty 
 

----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) 05/21/1953 
 

Goelden, Augusta Anna (7 Dec. 1867 - 19 May 1953) 
 

Funeral services for Mrs. Frank Goelden, 87, who died Tuesday will be held Friday morning at 9:30 at St. Bernard’s Catholic church. Internment will be made in the Abbotsford cemetery. 
 

A rosary service will be held Thursday evening at 8:00 o’clock at the Zink Funeral Home where the body is lying in state. 
 

Augusta Anna Zausch was born Dec. 7, 1867, in Milwaukee. She was married there in June, 1886 to Frank Goelden and they made their home there until 1901, when they bought a farm in the town of Hull, where the son, Peter, now lives. 
 

Six children were born to them, four of whom preceded her in death; a son, Grover, in infancy; Mrs. Edward (Grace) Wille, Chicago; Mrs. Lyman (Sade) Brown, Boyd; and Frank, of Abbotsford. Mr. Goelden died Jan. 5, 1929. 
 

Mrs. Goelden was a member of St. Bernard’s church, having been one of those who formed the parish. She was also an active member of the Ladies’ Altar Society. 
 

About a year ago, she suffered a stroke and about four months ago she was taken to the Marathon County hospital, Wausau, for care. Here she died at noon on Tuesday. 
 

Surviving are her son, Peter, Abbotsford, and one daughter, Mrs. Edward (Jeannette) Schultz, Fond du Lac. There are 13 grand children, 28 great grand children and four great, great grand children. A half-sister, Mrs. Kate Nachnable, of Omaha, Neb., also survives. 
 

----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) 05/28/1953 
 

A requiem high mass was sung for the funeral of Mrs. Frank Goelden, 87, Friday morning at St. Bernard’s Catholic church, at 9:30, with the Rev. Raymond Schulz officiating. Internment was made in the Abbotsford cemetery.  
 

The pallbearers were Leo Banditt, Clarence Dolan, Kenneth Ingersoll, Joe Kunze, Maurice Mantor, and Ben Merwin. 
 

Among the relatives from away who were here for the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Edward Schultz, Mrs. Barbara Bennett and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Stokosa and daughter of Fond du Lac; Mrs. Ed Prokop and daughter, Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. Otto Helgerson and son, Harold, Cornell; Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Lenhard, Athens; Harold Goelden and Mrs. Robert Kilty, Marshfield.