Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
Jim Goetz died December 17, 2013 in Odessa.
He was born a few miles north of Odessa on April 16, 1918. His parents were Emanual and Matilda (Almer) Goetz, known as Tillie. Jim was the oldest of five brothers and outlived all of them.
He farmed most of his life on the family farm north of Marlin. He joined the Army in 1942 and while stationed in Texas met and married his wife of 71 years, L. Geraldine Smith, known as Jerry. Jim was wounded in combat in the Philippines and received the Purple Heart. After the war he returned to Marlin where he and Jerry farmed the family farm and raised three so...
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