JAMES HENRY GOEBBERT
Suburban farming family patriarch Jim Goebbert is being remembered as a man who was passionate about his life’s work and loved his family.
Goebbert, 94, of Huntley, died Saturday at home.
Goebbert “lived his days full,” grandson Jacob Goebbert said.
“He lived for the journey and not the destination,” Jacob said.
Born in 1929, Goebbert served in the U.S. Marines before marrying Esther Von Bergen in 1956.
Goebbert’s father, George, founded the family business as a roadside vegetable stand in Arlington Heights. Jim Goebbert bought his own 40-acre farm in South Barrington in 1972 and moved his family there.
That’s where Goebbert’s Farm & Garden Center still operates. It’s also where a silo topped with a giant smiling pumpkin called Happy Jack greets visitors.
Read more here. His obituary and arrangements can be found here.