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Thomas John Goeken
15 Nov 1921 – 27 Oct 2004
| Birth | 15 Nov 1921 |
| Death | 27 Oct 2004 |
| Cemetery | Saint Michael Cemetery West Point , Cuming County , Nebraska , USA |
| Added by | Tuck on 08 Jun 2013 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47272444 |
Bio
Son of Henry and Kathryn Maly Goeken and attended Guardian Angels Catholic School. He served in the U.S. Army from September 21, 1944 until October 9, 1946. In 1948 at Ewing, he married Lillian Venteicher. The couple lived in Omaha where Tom was a mechanic and involved in real estate. He returned to West Point in 1959 where he operated Tom's Tavern, was a salesman for Schaeffer Oil, did custom combining, sold vacuum cleaners and operated Tom's Repair. Tom enjoyed traveling and loved to play Sheep Head with his friends. Tom was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church and the V.F.W. Survivors include daughters Sharon Goeken and Jan Goeken of West Point, Carol and husband Roger Oberle of Elkhorn, and Nadine and husband Michael Hoeppner of Omaha, son Dennis and wife Sue of West Point, former wife Lillian Wittler of Norfolk, sisters Sr. Adele Goeken, Jenny Gerken, Caroline Heywood, and Maggie Seeman, brothers Ben and Jerome, grandchildren Jason and wife Kelli Slagle, Amy and husband Craig Johnson, Jennifer and Angela Wortman, Amber Oberle, Sara and Micah Hoeppner, great grandchildren Cole and Kayla Johnson. He is preceded in death by his parents, sister Sr. Frances Goeken, brothers Wenzel & Andrew, and grandson Shane.
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- Wenzel Henry Goeken 1909–1996
- Sr Frances Mary Goeken 1910–1995
- Andrew A Goeken 1913–1990
- Sr Adele Gertrude Goeken 1914–2006
- Caroline Margaret Goeken Heywood 1916–2012
- Rose Goeken 1918–1918
- John Goeken 1919–1919
- Genevieve A. "Genie" Goeken Gerken 1920–2012
- Benedict William "Ben" Goeken 1926–2012
- Jerome Francis "Jerry" Goeken 1927–2016
- Magdalen Johanna "Maggie" Goeken Seeman 1929–2017
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