IN MEMORIAM

Frederick Golja, 98;

Farmer, Town Assessor

EAST WORCESTER – Frederick Golja, 98, a lifelong farmer and community leader, passed away on May 8, 2020.

He was born in East Worcester on November 25, 1921, the fifth of John and Josephine (Kavcic) Golja’s six children. He grew up attending the one room school house on Algerine Hill and working the family farm, where he honed the skills and appreciation of agricultural science that formed the foundation of his own successful farming career.

In 1950, at St. Brigid’s Church in Brooklyn, Fred married Johanna Alex, a city girl who summered upstate. Their shared Slovenian heritage united them in a love of music and dancing that echoed through their long and happy life together. In 1955, Fred and Jennie moved from the original Golja homestead to the farm on Brighton Road, where, working together, they raised four children and stewarded a productive herd of registered Holsteins.