She was the daughter of Thomas R. Rodman and Ann Miles Rodman, daughter of John Miles of Pennsylvania. By the 1880 Census her parents were divorced. On December 3, 1884, she married George W. Goethals.
Effie Rodman Goethals was the daughter of Captain Thomas R. Rodman of New Bedford, Massachusetts. In 1884 she married Major General George W. Goethals. She was predeceased by her husband who was the United States Army chair and chief engineer in charge of building the Panama Canal. When he died on January 21, 1928 at their home at 12 East Eight-sixth Street in New York she received a letter of condolence and praise from President Coolidge. She died at age 83 on January 1, 1942 at a Wellesley rest home after a long illness. Survivors included two sons, Colonel George R. Goethals, United States Army of Brookline, a surgeon with the First Army and Colonel Thomas R. Goethals, United States Army, District Engineer of Buffalo, New York and four grandchildren. Funeral services were held at Grace Church in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Interment was at Rural Cemetery in New Bedford.
Source: The New York Times, January 2, 1942.
Effie Rodman Goethals was the daughter of Captain Thomas R. Rodman of New Bedford, Massachusetts. In 1884 she married Major General George W. Goethals. She was predeceased by her husband who was the United States Army chair and chief engineer in charge of building the Panama Canal. When he died on January 21, 1928 at their home at 12 East Eight-sixth Street in New York she received a letter of condolence and praise from President Coolidge. She died at age 83 on January 1, 1942 at a Wellesley rest home after a long illness. Survivors included two sons, Colonel George R. Goethals, United States Army of Brookline, a surgeon with the First Army and Colonel Thomas R. Goethals, United States Army, District Engineer of Buffalo, New York and four grandchildren. Funeral services were held at Grace Church in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Interment was at Rural Cemetery in New Bedford.
Source: The New York Times, January 2, 1942.
She was the daughter of Thomas R. Rodman and Ann Miles Rodman, daughter of John Miles of Pennsylvania. By the 1880 Census her parents were divorced. On December 3, 1884, she married George W. Goethals.
Effie Rodman Goethals was the daughter of Captain Thomas R. Rodman of New Bedford, Massachusetts. In 1884 she married Major General George W. Goethals. She was predeceased by her husband who was the United States Army chair and chief engineer in charge of building the Panama Canal. When he died on January 21, 1928 at their home at 12 East Eight-sixth Street in New York she received a letter of condolence and praise from President Coolidge. She died at age 83 on January 1, 1942 at a Wellesley rest home after a long illness. Survivors included two sons, Colonel George R. Goethals, United States Army of Brookline, a surgeon with the First Army and Colonel Thomas R. Goethals, United States Army, District Engineer of Buffalo, New York and four grandchildren. Funeral services were held at Grace Church in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Interment was at Rural Cemetery in New Bedford.
Source: The New York Times, January 2, 1942.
Effie Rodman Goethals was the daughter of Captain Thomas R. Rodman of New Bedford, Massachusetts. In 1884 she married Major General George W. Goethals. She was predeceased by her husband who was the United States Army chair and chief engineer in charge of building the Panama Canal. When he died on January 21, 1928 at their home at 12 East Eight-sixth Street in New York she received a letter of condolence and praise from President Coolidge. She died at age 83 on January 1, 1942 at a Wellesley rest home after a long illness. Survivors included two sons, Colonel George R. Goethals, United States Army of Brookline, a surgeon with the First Army and Colonel Thomas R. Goethals, United States Army, District Engineer of Buffalo, New York and four grandchildren. Funeral services were held at Grace Church in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Interment was at Rural Cemetery in New Bedford.
Source: The New York Times, January 2, 1942.
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