John Goedjen, Sr., 85, of 1708 27th St., Two Rivers, one of the
community’s original rural mail carriers and a member of an early
Two Rivers family, died shortly after the noon hour Saturday at
Two Rivers Municipal Hospital.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Deja and Martin
Funeral Chapels, Two Rivers, the Rev. T. F. Stern officiating.
Burial will be in Pioneers’ Rest Cemetery.
Mr. Goedjen was born Jan. 24, 1880, in the Town of Two Rivers,
son of the late John and Lena Wilke Goedjen. As a young man he
joined the original staff of rural mail carriers out of the Two
Rivers post office which position he held for a number of years.
Surviving are his wife, the former Minnie Schwake, whom he
married Sept 12, 1903, at Two Rivers; three daughters, Mrs.
Arlene O’Toole, of Salt Lake City, Utah, Mrs. Dorothy Lintereur,
of Two Rivers and Mrs. Edward Sinkular, of Grafton, three sons,
John Jr., and Alvin of Two Rivers, and Gerald, of Grand Junction,
Colo.; 15 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren.
Friends may call at the funeral chapels.
Manitowoc Herald Times – Two Rivers Reporter, Mon., 28 June 1965, page 13
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(24 Jan 1880/Jun 1965/SSDI)
John Goedjen, Sr., 85, of 1708 27th St., Two Rivers, one of the
community’s original rural mail carriers and a member of an early
Two Rivers family, died shortly after the noon hour Saturday at
Two Rivers Municipal Hospital.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Deja and Martin
Funeral Chapels, Two Rivers, the Rev. T. F. Stern officiating.
Burial will be in Pioneers’ Rest Cemetery.
Mr. Goedjen was born Jan. 24, 1880, in the Town of Two Rivers,
son of the late John and Lena Wilke Goedjen. As a young man he
joined the original staff of rural mail carriers out of the Two
Rivers post office which position he held for a number of years.
Surviving are his wife, the former Minnie Schwake, whom he
married Sept 12, 1903, at Two Rivers; three daughters, Mrs.
Arlene O’Toole, of Salt Lake City, Utah, Mrs. Dorothy Lintereur,
of Two Rivers and Mrs. Edward Sinkular, of Grafton, three sons,
John Jr., and Alvin of Two Rivers, and Gerald, of Grand Junction,
Colo.; 15 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren.
Friends may call at the funeral chapels.
Manitowoc Herald Times – Two Rivers Reporter, Mon., 28 June 1965, page 13
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(24 Jan 1880/Jun 1965/SSDI)
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