Obit: Goebel, Paul (1881 - 1966)

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

Surnames: Goebel, Garbisch, Krause, Kurth, Dudei, Graeser, Dieck

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 9/22/1966

Goebel, Paul (25 September 1881 - 15 September 1966)

Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon for Paul Goebel, 84, of Rt. 1 Granton, a lifelong resident of the Granton area, who died last Thursday at his home. Services were held from the Zion American Lutheran Church in the Town of Grant. The Rev. Evan Dieck officiated. Burial was made in the church cemetery.

Mr. Goebel was born September 25, 1881, in the Town of Grant. On November 25, 1908, he was married to the former Nelda Garbisch, in Zion American Lutheran Church. They farmed in the Town of Grant until 1951, when they moved into their home on Rt. 1 Granton. He was a member of the Zion American Lutheran Church in the Town of Grant, and was the church janitor.

Mr. Goebel is survived by his wife; four daughters, Mrs. Erwin (Edna) Garbisch, Mrs. Carl (Leona) Krause, Jr., Mrs. Martin (Norma) Krause, and Mrs. Raymond (Verna) Kurth, all of the Granton area; two sisters, Mrs. Anna Dudei of Granton and Mrs. Clara Graeser of Milwaukee; and by 11 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Funeral arrangements were made by the Gilbertson Funeral Home in Granton.

Pallbearers were: Wallace, Kenneth and Roger Krause, Wayne and Glenn Kurth and Hubert Dudei.