Paul Timothy GOETZE

GOETZE Paul 1923 - 2009 Paul Timothy Goetze passed away peacefully at St. Paul's hospital on 3 October, 2009 after struggling with his illness for some months. He leaves behind his wife Edeltraud, his sister Betty, his sons Andrew and Mark, and his grandchildren Gabrielle, Misha, Leana and Yuri. Paul was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1923 to a German family. He was the seventh of nine children, and was only 16 years old when WW II broke up his family and dispersed it across Europe. After the war he initially made his home in Berlin where he met and married Edeltraud. Paul and Edeltraud were married for 59 years and had two sons. In the late 1950's Paul moved his young family from Berlin to Westphalia, and then on to Canada - first to Ontario and then to Vancouver where he settled in 1966. Paul had a large and diverse circle of friends, and will be enormously missed by his family and all who knew him. His family wishes to thank Dr. Bin K. Lim and Dr. Chantal Leger, and Dr. Nikki Apostolos and her wonderful staff at the Palliative Care Unit at St. Paul's Hospital for making Paul's final days bright and trouble-free. As those of you who knew Paul will appreciate, his life was a full one and one that does not lend itself to summary in a notice of this sort. Instead a Memorial Service will be held for Paul at Trinity Baptist Church (corner of Granville St. and 49th Ave.) on Saturday 24 October, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. (No flowers please.) Published in the Vancouver Sun and/or The Province on 10/10/2009