Obituary of Nelle B

Obituary of Nelle B. Goettel:

Ackley's oldest resident - - Nelle B. Goettel, 1880 - 1983

Mrs. Nelle B. Goettel, Ackley's oldest resident at age 103 years, 2months and 20 days, died Thursday morning, June 9 at the Presbyterian Home.

Nelle Tool was born in Ackley on March 20, 1880, the daughter of Reed and Sarah Tool.She was married to Frank G. Goettel on August 19, 1907 and Ackley was always her permanent residence.She was preceded in death by her husband in 1965, her parents, a sister Katie, and two brothers, Herman and Joe.She is survived by a daughter, Kathryn Temple of Ackley, a granddaughter, Cynthia Temple Munoz of Greeley, Colorado, and two great grandchildren, Heather and James Munoz.

For about fifty years she was associated with her husband in the Goettel's Dry Goods Store and was well known in the area as a milliner.Nelle joined the First Presbyterian Church in Ackley on February 5, 1894 and was a member for 89 years, being the oldest member of that church at the time of her death.She died of complications of old age.

Services were held at the Brandt-Fritz Funeral Home on Saturday, June 11, burial was in Oakwood Cemetery.The Rev. Donald L. Martin officiated, with Mrs. Clavin Brizzi as organist and Mrs. Viola Brandt, soloist.Serving as pallbearers were Harry Voss, Ed Waldorf, Virgil Vanderloo, Charley Ryken, Robert Schultz and Ernest Bruggman.