Visitation: MONDAY, May 20, 2019: 2-4 & 7-9 pm at The Dietrich Funeral Homes, Inc., 2480 Kensington Ave., Amherst.
Service: TUESDAY, May 21, 2019: A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 9:30 am at Christ the King Church, Snyder. GOERGEN – Roger J., DDS
May 17, 2019. Beloved
husband of the late
Jeanne M. (nee Cleary)
Goergen; loving father
of Joseph (Jacqueline)
and Mary Ellen J.
Goergen; dear
grandfather of Genevieve and Joseph
Goergen; brother of the late Richard
(Adele) Goergen; also survived by
nieces and nephews. Family and
friends may call on Monday from 2-4
and 7-9 PM at DIETRICH FUNERAL
HOME, INC., 2480 Kennsington Ave.,
Amherst, NY 14226. A Mass of
Christian Burial will be celebrated on
Tuesday at 9:30 AM at Christ the King
Church, 30 Lamarck Dr., Amherst, NY
14226, please assemble at church.
Flowers gratefully declined. Memorials
may be made to, the Carmelite
Monastery or Hospice Buffalo. Online
condolences may be shared at
www.thedietrichfuneralhome.com Dec. 27, 1925 – May 17, 2019

Dr. Roger J. Goergen, a retired dentist who helped write the ethics code for the Town of Amherst, died Friday in Hospice Buffalo, Cheektowaga, after a short illness. He was 93.

Born in Buffalo, he was a graduate of Canisius High School and earned a bachelor’s degree from Canisius College. He graduated from the University of Buffalo School of Dental Medicine in 1947, and he served in the U.S. Naval Medicine and Dental Corps, attaining the rank of lieutenant. He earned the American Defense
Service Medal and was named an honorary citizen of the Republic of Korea.

Dr. Goergen maintained a dental practice for 52 years, retiring in 1998. He was a member of the Eighth District Dental Society and the New York State Dental Society.

A committeeman for the Amherst Conservative Party, he was chairman of the Amherst Government Study Committee and led its Subcommittee on Ethics, which updated the ethics code for the Town of Amherst in 1990. He subsequently was named to the town’s first Board of Ethics, which administered and enforced the code.

Dr. Goergen’s interests included history, travel and outdoor activities, such as hunting, fishing and bird watching.

His wife, the former Jeanne M. Cleary, an elementary school teacher, died in 2007.

Survivors include a daughter, Mary Ellen; a son, Joseph; and two grandchildren.

A Mass of Christian burial will be offered at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 21, in Christ the King Catholic Church, 30 Lamarck Drive, Snyder.