John Wolfgang Goebel

John Wolfgang Goebel

John Wolfgang Goebel was born Aug. 20, 1924, near Townsend, Mont., to homesteaders Nicholas and Frieda (Wolff) Goebel. After his mother died when John was just 2 years old, he was taken in by Mrs. Carroll, a registered nurse who cared for others in her home since Townsend did not have a hospital, while his father ran the farm for the Sisters of Charity orphan's home in Helena. He was raised with siblings Frank Carroll and Kathryn (Robert) Miller, formerly of Helena.

While in high school, next door to Mrs. Carroll's home, his FFA project was poultry, the only livestock acti...