A teacher in the Ludlow Public Schools for 51 years, Mary Ann Goetz
was born in Kentucky in 1875. Her parents were John David Goetz and
Mary Ann Aston Goetz. The family home was located at 414 Elm.
Mary Ann Goetz began teaching at Ludlow Elementary School in the 1890s.
Her sisters Christina and Esther Louise also taught in the system for
many years. All three sisters remained unmarried. In 1947, Mary Ann
Goetz retired from her teaching position. The Ludlow Board of Education
renamed the elementary school building in her honor at this time. The
Goetz family maintained membership at the Wesley Methodist Church. Burial
was at Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati.
News Enterprise, March 26, 1964, p. 1 and July 2, 1964.
