Obit: Goeke, Lydia #2 (1894 - 1953)

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Surnames: Goeke, Decker, Dusso, Sievert, Franz

----Source: Greenwood Gleaner (Greenwood, Clark Co., Wis.) 17 Dec 1953

Goeke, Lydia (1 SEP 1894 - 14 DEC 1953)

Mrs. William Goeke, nee Lydia Decker, daughter of Mrs. Henry Decker and the late Mr. Henry Decker, was born Sept. 1, 1894 in the Town of Warner (Clark Co., Wis.) and received her education and resided in this community all of her life.

On May 27, 1920 she was united in marriage to William Goeke. To this union were born two sons, Gerald of Milwaukee and Harvey at home, and one daughter, Mrs. Lorris (Alice) Dusso, Greenwood.

Mrs. Goeke was a member of the West Side Evangelical and Reformed Church and its Ladies Aid.

She passed away at her home 2 1/2 miles northwest of Greenwood on Monday, Dec. 14, 1953 at 9:00 p.m. following a lingering illness.

Friends may pay their respects at the Stabnow Funeral Parlors beginning at noon on Wednesday until time of funeral on Friday.

Funeral services will be held at the West Side Evangelical and Reformed Church on Friday, Dec. 18th at 2:00 p.m. The Rev. Charles Koch will officiated and she will be laid to rest in the church cemetery.

She is survived by her husband and the above named children, her mother, two grandsons, Billie and Jimmy Dusso, Greenwood; thre brothers, Oscar Decker, Spencer; William and Arnold Decker, Greenwood; two sisters, Mrs. Harold (Esther) Sievert, Eau Claire, and Mrs. Calvin Franz, Greenwood.