Godfrey L. Strobeck, 58, formerly a San Diego builder, real estate expert and financier, died of a heart ailment Wednesday, February 17, 1937, in his San Francisco home. He was the beloved husband of Emily Strobeck of San Francisco; father of Mrs. W. A. Speer of San Diego; brother of Mrs. Alfred Rossberg, Crookston, Minn.; Mrs. John Carlson, Saum, Minn.; Mrs. John Anderson, Clitherall, Minn.; uncle of Arthur Rossberg of El Cajon, Calif.
Funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. Elmer Friedlund Monday, February 22, at 2 p.m., in Erickson's Mortuary, La Mesa. Friends and members of the Masonic orders are invited to attend. Interment will be in the Masonic plot in Greenwood Cemetery.
A native of Clitherall, Minn., Mr. Strobeck was a banker and lumberman in North Dakota before coming here in 1918. Among the properties he owned in the county were the Walter Dupee ranch, which was sold to the county; the Cuyamaca State Bank in El Cajon; and the southern half of the San Diego business block bounded by Sixth and Seventh Avenues, Broadway and E Street. Mr. Strobeck was considered an expert on property values. He founded the Continental Building and Loan Co., which he sold out to the North American Loan Co. of Los Angeles in 1930.
Mr. Strobeck was a member of Masonic organizations and of the Eastern Star. He built for himself one of San Diego's finest homes, at 2174 Guy Street, now occupied by Mayor Percy Benbough.
Although he was struck a hard blow by the Depression, he did not let his financial reverses stop him. Moving to San Francisco in November 1934, Mr. Strobeck engaged in financial, oil and mining business. At the time of his death, he owned 14 oil wells at Ventura.
From the San Diego Union, February 20 (p. B5) and February 22 (p. B5), 1937 (articles combined and slightly edited).
Funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. Elmer Friedlund Monday, February 22, at 2 p.m., in Erickson's Mortuary, La Mesa. Friends and members of the Masonic orders are invited to attend. Interment will be in the Masonic plot in Greenwood Cemetery.
A native of Clitherall, Minn., Mr. Strobeck was a banker and lumberman in North Dakota before coming here in 1918. Among the properties he owned in the county were the Walter Dupee ranch, which was sold to the county; the Cuyamaca State Bank in El Cajon; and the southern half of the San Diego business block bounded by Sixth and Seventh Avenues, Broadway and E Street. Mr. Strobeck was considered an expert on property values. He founded the Continental Building and Loan Co., which he sold out to the North American Loan Co. of Los Angeles in 1930.
Mr. Strobeck was a member of Masonic organizations and of the Eastern Star. He built for himself one of San Diego's finest homes, at 2174 Guy Street, now occupied by Mayor Percy Benbough.
Although he was struck a hard blow by the Depression, he did not let his financial reverses stop him. Moving to San Francisco in November 1934, Mr. Strobeck engaged in financial, oil and mining business. At the time of his death, he owned 14 oil wells at Ventura.
From the San Diego Union, February 20 (p. B5) and February 22 (p. B5), 1937 (articles combined and slightly edited).
Godfrey L. Strobeck, 58, formerly a San Diego builder, real estate expert and financier, died of a heart ailment Wednesday, February 17, 1937, in his San Francisco home. He was the beloved husband of Emily Strobeck of San Francisco; father of Mrs. W. A. Speer of San Diego; brother of Mrs. Alfred Rossberg, Crookston, Minn.; Mrs. John Carlson, Saum, Minn.; Mrs. John Anderson, Clitherall, Minn.; uncle of Arthur Rossberg of El Cajon, Calif.
Funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. Elmer Friedlund Monday, February 22, at 2 p.m., in Erickson's Mortuary, La Mesa. Friends and members of the Masonic orders are invited to attend. Interment will be in the Masonic plot in Greenwood Cemetery.
A native of Clitherall, Minn., Mr. Strobeck was a banker and lumberman in North Dakota before coming here in 1918. Among the properties he owned in the county were the Walter Dupee ranch, which was sold to the county; the Cuyamaca State Bank in El Cajon; and the southern half of the San Diego business block bounded by Sixth and Seventh Avenues, Broadway and E Street. Mr. Strobeck was considered an expert on property values. He founded the Continental Building and Loan Co., which he sold out to the North American Loan Co. of Los Angeles in 1930.
Mr. Strobeck was a member of Masonic organizations and of the Eastern Star. He built for himself one of San Diego's finest homes, at 2174 Guy Street, now occupied by Mayor Percy Benbough.
Although he was struck a hard blow by the Depression, he did not let his financial reverses stop him. Moving to San Francisco in November 1934, Mr. Strobeck engaged in financial, oil and mining business. At the time of his death, he owned 14 oil wells at Ventura.
From the San Diego Union, February 20 (p. B5) and February 22 (p. B5), 1937 (articles combined and slightly edited).
Funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. Elmer Friedlund Monday, February 22, at 2 p.m., in Erickson's Mortuary, La Mesa. Friends and members of the Masonic orders are invited to attend. Interment will be in the Masonic plot in Greenwood Cemetery.
A native of Clitherall, Minn., Mr. Strobeck was a banker and lumberman in North Dakota before coming here in 1918. Among the properties he owned in the county were the Walter Dupee ranch, which was sold to the county; the Cuyamaca State Bank in El Cajon; and the southern half of the San Diego business block bounded by Sixth and Seventh Avenues, Broadway and E Street. Mr. Strobeck was considered an expert on property values. He founded the Continental Building and Loan Co., which he sold out to the North American Loan Co. of Los Angeles in 1930.
Mr. Strobeck was a member of Masonic organizations and of the Eastern Star. He built for himself one of San Diego's finest homes, at 2174 Guy Street, now occupied by Mayor Percy Benbough.
Although he was struck a hard blow by the Depression, he did not let his financial reverses stop him. Moving to San Francisco in November 1934, Mr. Strobeck engaged in financial, oil and mining business. At the time of his death, he owned 14 oil wells at Ventura.
From the San Diego Union, February 20 (p. B5) and February 22 (p. B5), 1937 (articles combined and slightly edited).
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