Fifth Generation

64. Victorina (Vicky) LAGOS BESTEIRO^86,162 was born on 9 August 1912 in Havana, Cuba.^162,163 Full name: Victorina Marcelina. Born at the following address: San Nicolás uno. She was baptized on 7 September 1912 in Havana, Cuba.¹⁶² The baptism took place at "Nuestra Señora de Monserrate." She immigrated on 18 September 1912 to New York, NY, USA.⁹³ Sailed on the S.S. Saratoga. She returned to Cuba with her mother and two siblings in the Fall of 1916. Her sister Dolores was born there on January 1, 1917 and the family returned on April 2, 1917, 4 days before the US declared war on Germany.

Victorina was naturalized on 18 June 1925. She was educated at St. Joseph's School of Nursing and graduated as a Registered Nurse in June 1935 in Paterson, Passaic, NJ, USA. Between 1936 and 1941 she was a head nurse and supervisor at St. Vincent's Medical Hospital in Montclair, Essex County, NJ, USA. Victorina was educated in a post-grad course in physiotherapy in 1938.¹⁶⁴

She served in the military between 15 October 1942 and 24 May 1945 in Camp Hood, TX, USA.¹⁶⁴ Her military service began as a 2nd Lieutenant, Army Nurse Corps, at Tilton General Hospital, Fort Dix, NJ on 15 Oct 1942. She was transferred to McCloskey General Hospital, Camp Hood, TX, on November 7, 1942. She was put in charge of the mess (date unknown). On 8 Feb 1944 she became Chief Nurse at McCloskey with rank of 1st Lieutenant. She met Lt. Raymond J. Goetz at Camp Hood in July 1944. On 26 Oct 1944 she became a member of the Morale Council at McCloskey General Hospital, Temple, TX. She became Captain in March 1945 and separated from the service 24 May 1945 with this rank. She died on 4 June 1996 at the age of 83 in Paterson, Passaic, NJ, USA.

Dolores BALL (Carr) in 1992, wrote about "Aunt Vickie, who had the strength to maintain her rigid standards in a world trying to eliminate them. [She] stayed overnight at my home during a snowstorm shortly after I was married. From the moment she arrived she was in charge. She cleaned, cooked dinner and then - honest - ironed. When she left, she thanked me!"

Raymond J. GOETZ (private).¹⁶⁴

Victorina (Vicky) LAGOS BESTEIRO-91 and Raymond J. GOETZ-98 had the following children:

+139	i.	Elizabeth Geraldine (Betty) GOETZ-178.
+140	ii.	Joseph Raymond GOETZ-179.
+141	iii.	Marjorie Ann GOETZ-180.