Individual Details

Census

Gertrude E Goheen age 29 divorced, born New York father New York, mother Pennsylvania, Stenographer building loan
Robert M son age 4 born Kansas
Donald D son age 2 born Kansas
Frank E Brady brother age 25, born New York
Walter Brady brother age 23 born New York

Military

Name: Robert M Goheen
Birth Year: 1925
Nativity State or Country: Kansas
Residence: Kansas, Riley
Enlistment: 10 Sep 1945, State: Kansas, City: Fort Levenworth
Grade: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 4 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Post office clerks
Marital Status: Single, without dependents

Census

Robert M Goheen 4 members of household 1014 N. Mad

Death

Robert Martin Goheen, 89, Topeka, died Sunday, August 30, 2015.
Robert was a devout Catholic and founding member of Christ the King Church in Topeka. He shared 44 years of marriage with Marie Reeb Goheen before she died in 1992. After her death, it was the love and support of his “Hardee’s coffee klatch”, as well as friends and family, that gave him strength. During the last few years of Robert’s life, Presbyterian Manor provided comfort and support. He loved them all.

Born to Dewey Duane and Gertrude Brady Goheen on September 4, 1925, Robert lived his entire life in Topeka, Kansas, except for one-and-a-half years in the military. He was employed by the United States Postal Service from 1944-1983.

Along with his wife, Marie, Robert was preceded in death by a younger brother, Donald Goheen, who died in 1946, his mother and father, and his step-mother, Katherine.

Survivors include Robert’s daughter, Michelle Goheen Brausa and her husband, Richard, of Topeka; a son, Douglas Goheen and his wife, Diane, of Topeka; five grandchildren, Jacob Goheen and his wife, Amanda Lopez, of Laramie, Wyoming; Nathan Goheen of New York City, New York; Elizabeth Brausa Brathwaite and her husband, Christopher, of Chicago, Illinois; Adam Brausa and his wife, Decima, of San Francisco, California; Emily Brausa of New York City, New York; and three great-grandchildren, Alistair Brausa and Iris Brausa of San Francisco, California and Lillian Brathwaite of Chicago, Illinois. A special niece, Janice Hilderman Olson and her husband, Tom, also survive.

The family of Robert Goheen will receive friends and relatives on Friday, September 4, 2015, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Christ the King Church. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 at the Church. Burial will follow in Mount Calvary Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to a charity dear to Robert’s heart: The Children’s Aid Society, 105 East 22nd Street, New York NY 10010, which through the Orphan Train, facilitated his mother’s and her siblings’ adoptions in Kansas and Colorado.