Obituary in the Allentown Newpaper Aug 2 1936
Geroge was 43. Former employee on the farm of J. Harry Lawyer, of Crosswicks. He died while swimming in the Crosswicks Creek, near Lawyer's Point.
Coroner stated died as the result of a heart attack.
His last rites were held at his sisters home, Etta Goff, of 315 Prince St, Bordentown.
He was buried under the direction of H. Stanley Earnest.
Category: OBITUARIES
Headline: NEWS OF THE COUNTY TOWNS / CROSSWICKS
Date: August 26, 1936
Page: 3
Column: 3
Summary: Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon for George L. Goff, 43, World War veteran and former employe(sic) on the farm of J. Harry Lawyer, of Crosswicks. Goff died while swimming in Crosswicks Creek, near Lawyer's Point, on August 16. Coroner Clarence S. Roberts, Jr., of Moorestown, called to the scene by Constable William S. Sutterly, said Goff died as the result of a heart attack. The last rites for Goff were conducted at the home of his sister, Mrs. Etta Goff, of 315 Prince street, Bordentown. Burial was in Bordentown cmetery. Surviving Goff are his sisters, Mrs. Lippincott, and seven brothers, Curlis, of Florence; Andrew and William, of Bordentown; Lewis, of Arneytown; Benjamin, of Imlaystown; John, of Cream Ridge, and Harry, of Burlington
Headline: War Veteran Drowned While Bathing in Crosswicks Creek / Seized With Heart Attack from Which He Had Been Suffering
Date: August 19, 1936
Page: 1
Column: 2
Summary: George L. Goff, 42, World War veteran, employed on the farm of Harry Lawyer, near Crosswicks, died from a heart attack while bathing in Crosswicks creek on Sunday afternoon. The only eye witness was Merrill Inman, aged nine years, who was visiting at the Lawyer farm. The boy, thinking Goff was swimming out of his sight, did not pay any attention until nearly an hour afterward, when he called some men and told them about it. Goff had been receiving government treatment for heart trouble and it is believed that an attack was brought on when he entered the water while overheated. Coroner Clarence S. Roberts, Jr., of Moorestown, issued a certificate of death from heart trouble. Goff is survived by a wife, whose destination is unknown; a sister, Mrs. Etta Lippincott, of 315 Prince street, Bordentown, and six brothers, Andrew and William, Bordentown; Lewis, Arneytown; Benjamin, Imlaystown; John, Cream Ridge; Harry, Burlington.
