Mercer Health in Coldwater was the location where Wilma Mary Link, who was 93 years old and from Fort Recovery, Ohio, died away on Sunday, March 17, 2024. St. Henry, Ohio was the location of her birth on December 20, 1930. Her parents, Gregor and Mary (Kramer) Goettemoeller, have since passed away.
In addition to her parents, Wilma was preceded in death by her husband, Lawrence Link, whom she married on November 28, 1953 and who passed away on November 14, 2010; two children, Leonard (infant) and Bernard (stillborn); her granddaughter-in-law, Alica Shier; her great grandsons, Theodore Fleck and Noah Miller; her siblings, Fr. Leonard Goettemoeller C.PP.S., Mildred and Raymond Wuebker, Harold and Dolores Goettemoeller, Alvin and Verena Goettemoeller, Edna and Norbert Kremer, Ivo and Esther Goettemoeller, and Marie and George Minnich; her in-laws, Aloys and Cleopha Link, Rudy and Mary Link, Sr. Jean Link S.F.P., Eugene and Marilyn Fullenkamp, Elmer Link, and Eugene Reinhard.
Wilma is survived by her children, Mary Jane (Eugene) Homan of New Bremen, Kathleen (James) Riethman of New Bremen, Daniel (Nancy) Link of Portland, Robert (Sharon) Link of Fort Recovery, Linda (Rich) Shier of Fort Recovery, David (Marie) Link of Fort Recovery, Teresa (Steven) Smith of Springboro, Ohio, and Carol (James) Knapke of Fort Recovery; her 40 grandchildren and 64 great grandchildren, with two on the way; her sister-in-law, Marlene Minnich of Portland; her in-laws, Phyllis Link of Coldwater, Edna Reinhard of Plainfield, Indiana, and Sr. Adelaide Link S.F.P. of Cincinnati; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Wilma received her high school diploma from St. Henry in the year 1948. As a homemaker, she devoted her entire life to the upbringing of her cherished family. She attended Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church, the Altar-Rosary Sodality, and the Daughters of Isabella. She was a dedicated Catholic and a member of all three of these organizations.
Cross-stitching, playing games, and cooking her “famous” homemade cinnamon pastries were some of the things that Wilma enjoyed doing in her spare time.
At the Brockman Boeckman Funeral Home in Fort Recovery, visitors will have the opportunity to pay their respects to Wilma’s family on Friday, March 22, 2024, from 2:00 PM until 7:00 PM, and again on Saturday, September 23, 2024, from 9:00 AM until 10:00 AM. On Friday evening, at 6:45 o’clock, there will be a prayer service for the Daughters of Isabella.
