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Joseph Goerdt Obituary
Melrose
June 3, 1938 - June 21, 2015
A Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, June 26, 2015 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Melrose for Joe Goerdt who died after a courageous battle with cancer on Sunday, June 21 in Sauk Centre, Minnesota. Military honors will be by the Melrose Veterans Honor Guard immediately following the service and inurnment will be at a later date at St. Mary's Cemetery.
Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Melrose and from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday at the church in Melrose. Parish prayers will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday evening at the funeral home.
Joseph Albert Goerdt was born June 3, 1938 in Brooten, Minnesota to Anthony Sr. and Loretta (Weimerskirch) Goerdt. He served in the United States Army. On July 1, 1961 he married Marian Gieske at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Melrose. Joe installed flooring for many years and then started driving truck as an owner/operator, and was leased to Hensley Trucking until retiring in 2012. He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church and Schanhaar-Otte VFW Post 7050 where he served on the drill team for many years.
Joe enjoyed camping with his family and friends and going up north working the land, planting trees, and deer hunting. He learned and later taught himself the art of wood turning. He was excellent at designing and building things made of wood and metal like tree planters, farm equipment, RV campers, and fish houses to name a few.
Survivors include his wife, Marian Goerdt of Melrose; children, Shelly (Jim) Hoppe of New Munich, Steve (Lisa) Goerdt of Melrose, and Dan Goerdt of Green Bay, Wisconsin; ten grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; sisters, Edwina Dehler of St. Cloud, Evelyn (Ferdie) Stepan of Sauk Centre, Anita Eskelund of Scottsdale, Arizona, Rose (Sylvester) Uphus of Sauk Centre, Marilyn (Fritz) Uphus of Greenwald, Ruth Ann (Jim) Gieske of Melrose, and Louise Echola of St. Cloud; brother, Julian "Sonny" (Audrie) Goerdt of Sauk Centre; and sister-in-law, Evelyn Goerdt of Sauk Centre.
Joe was preceded in death by his parents; infant son, Robert Goerdt; brothers, Anthony Goerdt Jr. and Roger Goerdt; sisters, Ione Kukla and Barb Spellerberg; brothers-in-law, Herb Dehler, Lloyd Eskelund, Rick Echola, Bob Kukla, and Bill Spellerberg.
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Memories and Condolences
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4 Entries
Rick
June 25, 2015
To the GOERDT FAMILY in their time of grief, soon death and suffering will be a thing of the past.
Ellen & Harold Zipp
June 24, 2015
Dear Marion, Steven, Danny and Shelly,
We have always enjoyed our visits to your home and especially the bluebird home. We wish there could have been more bluebird visits. I will always remember Joes laugh.Our sympathies to all of you. Ellen and Harold
Shirley Loecken-Adrian
June 23, 2015
Marian and family, So sorry about your loss.May God be with you.
Gene (and Liz) Dehler
June 23, 2015
To Aunt Marian, and cousins Shelly, Steve and Dan. Uncle Joe was always fun to visit with. He always had a huge smile and gave me the feeling that "life is good". I will miss seeing him again. You are in our prayers and thoughts and have our deepest sympathy.
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