Goede dies at 95
Thu, 09/08/2016 - 9:50am
Pastor Ralph Goede died Friday. He was 95.
Goede was pastor of St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church for 35 years until his retirement in 1991.
He also served Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Churches in Wabasha, Thiensville, Wis., and Milwaukee, Wis.
For 12 years in his retirement he wrote a humorous and popular column for the Graphic of which he said he was not a pastor, but just Ralph.
Following is his final column which appeared in June 2006.
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