_Johannes GOPFRICH __
_Franz Anton GOEPFRICH _|_Maria Martha GOMBE _
_Joseph GOEPFRICH ____|
| | _Leopold PLOCHEL ____
| |_Anna Marie PLECHEL ____|_Anna TRAUERIN ______
_Josef GOEPFRICH _|
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| | _Anton GRUBER __________|_____________________
| |_Maria GRUBER ________|
| | _____________________
| |_Susan LENTSCH _________|_____________________
_George GOEPFRICH _|
| | _____________________
| | _Johann KREMERMAIER ____|_____________________
| | _Michael KREMERMAIER _|
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| | | |_Magdalena WOLF ________|_____________________
| |_Rosalia KREMER __|
| | _____________________
| | _Johann PITZL __________|_____________________
| |_Katharina PITZL _____|
| | _____________________
| |_Ursula GALLER _________|_____________________
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|--Rudolph Aloyisius GOEPFRICH
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| _Stephen MUTH __________|_____________________
| _Mathias MUTH ________|
| | | _____________________
| | |_Maria? ________________|_____________________
| _Thomas MUTH _____|
| | | _____________________
| | | _Thomas KOPPI __________|_____________________
| | |_Susan KOPPI _________|
| | | _____________________
| | |_Magdolina? ____________|_____________________
|_Anna MUTH ________|
| _____________________
| _Stephen KOPPI _________|_____________________
| _Mathias KOPPI _______|
| | | _____________________
| | |_Maria? ________________|_____________________
|_Ropsalina KOPPI _|
| _____________________
| _Michael KIRCHHAMER ____|_____________________
|_Eva KIRCHHAMER ______|
| _____________________
|_Maria? ________________|_____________________
Rudy's niece:
.....".....Rudolph, who lost an arm at a very early age (18) during a summer
job at Studebakers, settled for a Notre Dame education with a Cum Laude
degree in engineering. He designed hundreds of patents and held the very
responsible position of Chief Engineer with the Bendix automotive
brakes division, He married Nellie Mansfield and added Joan, Charles,
Helen, and Margaret to third generation Goepfriches. Rudy died on July 4,
1974."
Over the years, Rudy and Nellie had four children and 21 grandchildren.
Rudy lost one of his hands in an industrial accident while working at
Studebaker. Realizing that he now had no future as a factory worker, he
determined to get an education at the University of Notre Dame. He
became an engineer and spent his career in the employ of Bendix Corp
automobile brake division. He was responsible for hundreds of patents
over the years and in his later years traveled all over the world for
Bendix defending their patent claims. In the 1940's they built a cottage
on Long Lake near Three Rivers, Michigan. This was used extensively as a
vacation home for the entire family and is still in the family to this day.
Obituary taken from The South Bend Tribune (died July 4, 1974)
"Rudolph A. Goepfrich, 73, of 1109 N. Cleveland Ave., died at 6 A.M.
Thursday in his home of an apparent heart attack. He was the chief
engineer of the brake division of the Bendix Corp., retiring in 1966 after
working there 39 years. Born April 2, 1901 in South Bend, he had lived here
all his life. On Jan. 5, 1927, he maried Nellie Mansfield who
survives. Also surviviving are a son, Charles J. of Granger; three
daughters, Mrs. Joan Stevens and Mrs. Margaret Zmudzinski, both of
South Bend, Mrs. Helen Collins of Mishawaka; 21 grandchildren ; a great
granddaughter, and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Reznick of South Bend and Mrs.
Madeline Steizer of Milford, Mich.
Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. today and from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday
in the Hickey Funeral Home, 2702 Lincoln Way W. Services will
be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday in Holy Cross Catholic Church. Entombment
will be in Riverview Mausoleum. Mr. Goepfrich was a member of council 553,
Knights of Columbus; the Society of Automotive Engineers; the Engineers
Club of South Bend; and the South Bend Turners. A rosary will
be recited at 7:30 p.m. today in the funeral home."
The 1930 census for district 12, South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana
(Ancestry.com image page 10 of 30), at 1109 Cleveland Ave., lists Rudolph
Goepfrich, owner of home valued at $4800, owning a radio, age 29, first
married at age 25, born in Indiana, parents born in Austria, mech. eng.,
auto indust., not a veteran.
. Nellie J., wife, age 24, first married at age 21, she & father born in
Maine, mother in Canada-English.
. Joan M., dau., age 2, born in Indiana
. Fassnacht, Hattie, mo-in-law, age 45, she & parents born in
Canada-English.
. Mansfield, Printha E., sis-in-law, age 14, born in New Jersey, father born
in Maine, mother in Canada-English
. Mansfield, Gertrude, sis-in-law, age 13, born in Michigan, father born in
Maine, mother in Canada-English