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Reuben Goertz

Birth	:	7 May 1918 Dawson County, Montana, USA
Death	:	29 Aug 1993 Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, USA
Burial	:	Norway Pine Grove Cemetery, Paris, Oxford County, USA
Coordinate	:	44.2136192, -70.5220108
Description	:	Reuben Goertz, Mennonite folklorist and rural mail carrier for over forty years in South Dakota. He was a graduate of the Freeman High School and Freeman Junior College during the World War II. The U.S. Army sent him to the University of Indiana to learn Polish. After that, all that hard training they sent him to serve in Iwo Jima. He was a life long member of the Salem Mennonite Church, member of the South Dakota Historical Society, the South Dakota Archeological Society and various county historical societies. He served on the Board of the AHSGR and was a member of... Read More	Reuben Goertz, Mennonite folklorist and rural mail carrier for over forty years in South Dakota. He was a graduate of the Freeman High School and Freeman Junior College during the World War II. The U.S. Army sent him to the University of Indiana to learn Polish. After that, all that hard training they sent him to serve in Iwo Jima. He was a life long member of the Salem Mennonite Church, member of the South Dakota Historical Society, the South Dakota Archeological Society and various county historical societies. He served on the Board of the AHSGR and was a member of the National Advisory Council for a sector of Center for Western Studies at Augustana College. He and his wife Florence were parents of four children and the grandparents of ten children. Last residence: 57029 (Freeman, Hutchinson, SD) Reuben was the author of Princes, Potentates, and Plain People: The Saga of the Germans from Russia (The Prairie Plains Series; No.3), Center for Western Studies, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 1994, ISBN: 0931170583 Father: Peter Goertz b: 27-FEB-1894 d: 12-AUG-1978 Mother: Paulina Schrag b: 10-JUN-1898 d: 16-OCT-1990 Freeman, South Dakota * Married: 11-MAY-1941 in Freeman, SD to Florence Carolyn Gering b: 6-SEP-1920 in Turner Co, SD (Obit MWR Goertz, Reuben 1918, 14 Oct 1993 p. 8; 21 Oct p. 10)

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Reuben Goertz's memorial is located at: Norway Pine Grove Cemetery, Paris, Oxford County, USA.
When did Reuben Goertz death?
Reuben Goertz death on 29 Aug 1993 in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, USA
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Latitude: 44.2136192
Longitude: -70.5220108

Family Members:

Parent

Peter Goertz

(1894 - 1978)

Pauline Schrag Goertz

(1898 - 1990)

Spouse

Florence Gering Goertz

(1920 - 2011)

Siblings

Goldie Goertz Burge

(1921 - 2001)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Norway Pine Grove Cemetery
Paris, Oxford County, USA
Coordinate: 44.2136192, -70.5220108

2. Rustfield Cemetery
Norway, Oxford County, USA
Coordinate: 44.2117900, -70.5388200

3. Riverside Cemetery
South Paris, Oxford County, USA
Coordinate: 44.2257881, -70.5112228

4. Fairview Cemetery
Paris, Oxford County, USA
Coordinate: 44.2075005, -70.4953003

5. Riverside Annex Cemetery
South Paris, Oxford County, USA
Coordinate: 44.2357597, -70.5105515

6. Pikes Hill Cemetery
Norway, Oxford County, USA
Coordinate: 44.2053947, -70.5551147

7. Durrell Hill Cemetery
Paris, Oxford County, USA
Coordinate: 44.2273130, -70.4700920

8. Hillside Cemetery
Paris, Oxford County, USA
Coordinate: 44.2512245, -70.4982986

9. Fore Street Cemetery
Oxford, Oxford County, USA
Coordinate: 44.1701800, -70.5055900

10. Webber Brook District Cemetery
Oxford, Oxford County, USA
Coordinate: 44.1688995, -70.5297012

11. Holt-Thayer Cemetery
South Paris, Oxford County, USA
Coordinate: 44.2487801, -70.4784343

12. Pioneer Cemetery
Paris, Oxford County, USA
Coordinate: 44.2637190, -70.5032800

13. Knoll Cemetery
Paris, Oxford County, USA
Coordinate: 44.2642450, -70.5026900

14. King Hill Cemetery
South Paris, Oxford County, USA
Coordinate: 44.2359890, -70.4530130

15. Caldwell Cemetery
Oxford, Oxford County, USA
Coordinate: 44.1761017, -70.4636002

16. Bisco Cemetery
Paris, Oxford County, USA
Coordinate: 44.2733880, -70.5444357

17. Bowker Cemetery
Paris, Oxford County, USA
Coordinate: 44.2678680, -70.4747520

18. Holmes Cemetery
Oxford, Oxford County, USA
Coordinate: 44.1689600, -70.4565200

19. Whittemore Cemetery
Paris, Oxford County, USA
Coordinate: 44.2661018, -70.4666977

20. Shepards Field Cemetery
Oxford, Oxford County, USA
Coordinate: 44.1666500, -70.4503000

21. Lakeview Cemetery
Norway, Oxford County, USA
Coordinate: 44.2287520, -70.6181280

22. Pleasant Valley Cemetery
South Paris, Oxford County, USA
Coordinate: 44.2844009, -70.5192032

23. Cooper Cemetery
Paris, Oxford County, USA
Coordinate: 44.2685890, -70.4595642

24. Norway Center Cemetery
Norway, Oxford County, USA
Coordinate: 44.2360660, -70.6161180