Walter Stewart Goos

Walter Stewart Goos's first cousin, Walter Goos Moeling, Sr., married Annie Green's sister, Rose Green.

WALTER S. GOOS DIES ABOUT NOON.
Death Takes Member of Pioneer Family of City

        Walter Stewart Goos, 78, native of Lake Charles and member of the pioneer family for whom Goosport is named, died today at 12:25 P. M. at the hospital. He had been in ill health since March. He was the last of his family.
        Mr. Goos was a member of the police jury as a representative of ward three for the 12 years prior to 1940, and was president of the parish organization at one time as well as chairman of its claims committee.
        He had lived in Lake Charles all of his life and was the son of Captain Daniel Goos and the former Miss Katrina Moeling. He was one of 15 children.

WAS MASON

        Mr. Goos has been active in community work for many years. Some 20 years ago he was a leader in the scout work of the area.
        He was a member of the Masonic lodge which his father founded here.
        For many years he was in the lumber business and was connected with the J. A. Bel Lumber Company. After the mill was dismantled, he devoted his time to the interest of the Bel estate.
        Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 5:30 from the home with Rev. George F. Wharton, rector of the Episcopal church, officiating.
        Masons will conduct services at the cemetery.
        Mr. Goos was born in the old Goos home in Goosport on September 21, 1864. He married the former Miss Annie Green who survives him.
        Brothers and sisters of Mr. Goos in this unusual family include; Daniel, Jr., Albert, Christian, and Fred; Mrs. George Lock, Mrs. Babette Fitzenreiter, Mrs. Emma Richards, Mrs. Rosalie Wachsen, Mrs. Reese Perkins, Mrs. Emile Jessen, Mrs. Georgia Timmins, Mrs. Della Bel, Mrs. Katherine Flanders, Mrs. Marie Williams.

WALTER S. GOOS

        The death of Walter S. Goos brought to an end one line of a family which has been prominent for almost a century in the life of Lake Charles. There are descendants, of course, who will continue to make the influence of this remarkable family felt in the city and area for years to come. But Walter Goos was the last of his immediate family which had been so prominent in the city.
        The death of Mr. Goos takes yet another of the pioneers who did so much to build this city. Like many of his generation, he was ready to work long and hard for the advancement of the community. He was active in civic affairs and devoted much of his time to unselfish service on the police jury.
        Other generations are coming on to take over some of the city's burdens, but somehow we feel deeply that we shall miss the guiding hand of experience which such men as Mr. Goos had.