Obit: Goelden, Peter (1887 – 1976)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Goelden, Tellock, Donnelly, Prokop, Spanbauer, Bochelm

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 31 Mar 1976

Goelden, Peter (20 Oct 1887 – 27 Mar 1976)

Funeral services were held Tuesday, March 30, 1976, for Peter Goelden, age 88, of Route 1, Abbotsford.

The Rev. Roger Tellock officiated at the 12:30 p.m. rites at Kraut-Maurina Funeral Home in Abbotsford.

Burial followed at the Abbotsford Cemetery.

Mr. Goelden died March 27 at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Marshfield, where he was admitted earlier that same day.

He was born October 20, 1887 in Milwaukee.

Mr. Goelden was married to Jeannette Donnelly. She died in 1958. He then married Molly Bochelm in 1961. She survives.

He lived in Racine County until 1901, when he moved to the Town of Hull and farmed until 1913. From 1913 to 1937 he worked in Chicago. Since then he has farmed in the Town of Hull.

Mr. Goelden was a charter member of the Abbotsford Sportsmen's Club, member of the 132nd Infantry Band from 1916 to 1937, and a member of the American Musician Union.

He is also survived by a son, A. Louis Goelden, Abbotsford; one daughter, Mrs. Jeannette Prokop, Batavia, Illinois; seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren, and one sister, Mrs. Henry (Jeannette) Spanbauer, Oshkosh.