Editing George Washington Goethals (section)

==Personal life and death==
In 1884, he married Effie Rodman; they had two sons.<ref name=CMH /> Goethals, after having been discovered to have terminal lung cancer in September 1927,{{sfn|McGovern|2019|p=206}} died at the age of 69, "surrounded by his wife and two sons",{{sfn|McGovern|2019|p=206}} at his apartment at 12 East [[86th Street (Manhattan)|86th Street]] in [[Manhattan, New York City]] on January 21, 1928.<ref name=Khaki/><ref name=obit>{{cite news |title=Gen. Goethals Dies After Long Illness. Builder of Panama Canal and Once Ruler of the Isthmus Succumbs Here at 70. Brilliant Career In Army. His Feat Hailed as One of the Greatest in History. West Point Funeral Tuesday. Gen. Goethals Dies After Long Illness. |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9902E2DD1438E23ABC4A51DFB7668383639EDE&legacy=true |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=January 22, 1928}}</ref> He was buried at [[West Point Cemetery|the cemetery]] of the United States Military Academy at West Point.