Albert Goehle, 95, Luverne, died Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2004, at Mary Jane Brown Good Samaritan Center in Luverne.Services were Friday, Jan. 30, at St. John Lutheran Church in Luverne. The Rev. Gary Klatt officiated. Burial was in Luverne Memorial Gardens, rural Luverne. Albert Goehle was born to the Rev. Theodore and Dorothea (Siebrandt) Goehle on April 17, 1908, in Cumings County, Neb. He was baptized on April 26, 1908, at St. John Lutheran Church in Pender, Neb., and was confirmed April 9, 1922, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Steen. He attended school in Edgerton, Steen and Concordia Academy in St. Paul. He married Hildegarde Dubbe on Nov. 18, 1936. They moved to a farm south of Kanaranzi and later, to Clinton and Luverne Townships. In January 1965, the couple moved to Luverne where he worked at A.R. Wood Mfg. until retiring in the spring of 1980. Mr. Goehle was a long-time, active member of St. John Lutheran Church in Luverne, serving as an elder and on the committees for each of the church building projects, namely the church, parsonage and the educational unit. Survivors include his wife, Hildegarde Goehle, Luverne; one son, Charles (Carol) Goehle, Luverne; one daughter, Linda Goehle, Luverne; one granddaughter, Rebecca Goehle, Luverne; one brother, Herman (Gen) Goehle, Luverne; four sisters, Magdalena Groth, Benson, Emma (Harry) Franz, St. Peter, Dorothea Hamann, Luverne, and Louise (Lloyd) Beckman, Brookings, S.D.; three sisters-in-law, Norma Goehle, White Bear Lake, Leona Goehle, Tyler, and Joanne Goehle, Hills; and several nieces and nephews. Mr. Goehle was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers Ted, Henry and Hugo, and three sisters, Ruth, Leona and Esther in infancy. Hartquist Funeral Home-Engebretson Chapel, Luverne, was in charge of arrangements.
