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"The Nashua Reporter" [Nashua, Chickasaw Co., IA], 25 Nov 1954, p. 1:
Wm. Getsch
Native Son,
Dies at 82
A native son of Nashua, who became a business and civic leader of the community in his prime and who had been ill for some years past, was paid last honors in funeral services Friday at the Congregational church.
He was William F. Getsch, "Bill", as he was known from boyhood to his last summons. He succumbed Nov. 17 at Mercy Hospital, Waverly, at the age of 82.
Services were conducted by the Rev. C. E. Luce of Waterloo, former Methodist pastor here and a dear friend of Bill for many years. The Rev. Ernest C. Rueter, pastor of the church assisted.
Music was by another old friend, Mrs. Ethel Staley, and flowers likewise were tenderly cared for by old friends, Leta Stevenson and Claudia Smith.
Comrades of many years also were among those acting as casket bearers, these being R. D. Hanson, C. E. Emerson, E. D. Smith, Edward Woehrle, Charles Woehrle and Milton B. Norman. Burial was in Greenwood cemetery.
Bill Getsch was born June 29, 1872, in Nashua, the son of Ferdinand and Caroline Hanna Getsch. He was graduated from Nashua high school in 1890 and for two years thereafter worked as a miner in Utah.
He returned to Nashua and worked as a bookkeeper of the A. G. Case and Co., bank. He later became president and remained with the bank after it became known as the Commercial State Savings Bank until it closed in 1927.
He was a field representative with the Northwestern Life Insurance Co., in Minneapolis, Minn., for eight years.
His marriage to Helen Dexter occurred on June 6, 1900. She survives as do a son, William C. of Minneapolis, and a daughter, Mrs. Roy Milligan, Tucson, Ariz. There also are four sisters: Miss Millie heath and Mrs. Bertha Chapman, Yakima, Wash.; Mrs. Anna Woehrle, Grasston, Minn.; and Louise Getsch, Mason City. There also are five grandchildren.
Many old friends attended the writes and those from away are name in other items in this issue.
Mrs. Getsch left this week with her daughter, Mrs. Milligan, to spend some time in Tucson.
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"The Nashua Reporter" [Nashua, Chickasaw Co., IA], 25 Nov 1954, p. 8:
Out of town relatives and friends present at the funeral services for W. F. Getsch held at the Congregational church Friday afternoon were his son and wife Mrs. and Mrs. Wm. Getsch of Minneapolis; his daughter, Mrs. Roy Milligan of Tucson, Ariz.; Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Mercer, Charles and Edward Woehrle, all of Minneapolis; Mrs. Eva Dexter of Lakeland, Fla.; Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Smith, Robert D. Hanson and Jerry Zugart, all of Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Emerson of Monticello; Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Johnson of Waterloo; Mrs. Gus Gitsch, Mr. and Mrs. August Gitsch and Mrs. Griesert, all of Fredericksburg; Mr. and Mrs. Guy Hinkley of Eagle Grove; Mrs. Lee Gogg of Waverly; Mrs. Alden Leichtman and Mrs. Smith of New Hampton; and the Rev. C. E. Luce of Waterloo, who has had charge of part of the funeral service.
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