Ruth I. Goeman of Sioux Falls died Wednesday, September 13, 2005, at Avera McKennan Hospice following a short illness. She was born on October 26, 1922, in Davison County, South Dakota, the daughter of Joseph and Laura (Giese) Erickson. Her family moved to the Madison area in 1925 where she graduated as valedictorian from Orland Consolidated High School in 1939.
She attended Nettleton College and then worked at Rigg's Optical in Sioux Falls for two years starting in 1940. She also worked at the Army Air Force Technical Training Base in Sioux Falls before moving in 1944 to Long Beach, California where she worked at the Navy Hospital and the Veteran's Hospital. She transferred to the Veterans Administration Center when she returned to Sioux Falls in 1954, where she was the secretary to the Assistant Director.
On May 24, 1959, she married Harvey D. Goeman in Sioux Falls. She worked part time at B. Dalton Bookseller in Sioux Falls for ten years ending in 1986. She was a member of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church and the Ebenezer Guild. She attended Bible Study Fellowship for almost seven years.
Throughout the years, she was an avid reader and never lost her love of learning. Her family will always remember her ability to recite poems from memory. In addition to reading, she enjoyed crossword puzzles, watching Jeopardy and traveling with her husband, Harvey. She was a devoted mother and grandmother and greatly enjoyed attending the many activities of her children and grandchildren.
Grateful for having shared her life are her two children, Laura J. Donohue (Dan) and Daniel Goeman (Shelli) both of Sioux Falls, six loving grandchildren who adored her, Erin S. Donohue and her fianc, Erich (Deeg) Snyder, of Chicago, IL, Maggie G. Donohue, Elizabeth A. Donohue, Nick Goeman, Isaac Goeman, and Alexis Goeman, all of Sioux Falls, and many nieces and nephews. She is also survived by her brother, Wayne Erickson, of Sioux Falls. She was preceded in death by her parents and by her sisters Edith Erickson, Neva Erickson, and Helen Westall.
She attended Nettleton College and then worked at Rigg's Optical in Sioux Falls for two years starting in 1940. She also worked at the Army Air Force Technical Training Base in Sioux Falls before moving in 1944 to Long Beach, California where she worked at the Navy Hospital and the Veteran's Hospital. She transferred to the Veterans Administration Center when she returned to Sioux Falls in 1954, where she was the secretary to the Assistant Director.
On May 24, 1959, she married Harvey D. Goeman in Sioux Falls. She worked part time at B. Dalton Bookseller in Sioux Falls for ten years ending in 1986. She was a member of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church and the Ebenezer Guild. She attended Bible Study Fellowship for almost seven years.
Throughout the years, she was an avid reader and never lost her love of learning. Her family will always remember her ability to recite poems from memory. In addition to reading, she enjoyed crossword puzzles, watching Jeopardy and traveling with her husband, Harvey. She was a devoted mother and grandmother and greatly enjoyed attending the many activities of her children and grandchildren.
Grateful for having shared her life are her two children, Laura J. Donohue (Dan) and Daniel Goeman (Shelli) both of Sioux Falls, six loving grandchildren who adored her, Erin S. Donohue and her fianc, Erich (Deeg) Snyder, of Chicago, IL, Maggie G. Donohue, Elizabeth A. Donohue, Nick Goeman, Isaac Goeman, and Alexis Goeman, all of Sioux Falls, and many nieces and nephews. She is also survived by her brother, Wayne Erickson, of Sioux Falls. She was preceded in death by her parents and by her sisters Edith Erickson, Neva Erickson, and Helen Westall.
Ruth I. Goeman of Sioux Falls died Wednesday, September 13, 2005, at Avera McKennan Hospice following a short illness. She was born on October 26, 1922, in Davison County, South Dakota, the daughter of Joseph and Laura (Giese) Erickson. Her family moved to the Madison area in 1925 where she graduated as valedictorian from Orland Consolidated High School in 1939.
She attended Nettleton College and then worked at Rigg's Optical in Sioux Falls for two years starting in 1940. She also worked at the Army Air Force Technical Training Base in Sioux Falls before moving in 1944 to Long Beach, California where she worked at the Navy Hospital and the Veteran's Hospital. She transferred to the Veterans Administration Center when she returned to Sioux Falls in 1954, where she was the secretary to the Assistant Director.
On May 24, 1959, she married Harvey D. Goeman in Sioux Falls. She worked part time at B. Dalton Bookseller in Sioux Falls for ten years ending in 1986. She was a member of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church and the Ebenezer Guild. She attended Bible Study Fellowship for almost seven years.
Throughout the years, she was an avid reader and never lost her love of learning. Her family will always remember her ability to recite poems from memory. In addition to reading, she enjoyed crossword puzzles, watching Jeopardy and traveling with her husband, Harvey. She was a devoted mother and grandmother and greatly enjoyed attending the many activities of her children and grandchildren.
Grateful for having shared her life are her two children, Laura J. Donohue (Dan) and Daniel Goeman (Shelli) both of Sioux Falls, six loving grandchildren who adored her, Erin S. Donohue and her fianc, Erich (Deeg) Snyder, of Chicago, IL, Maggie G. Donohue, Elizabeth A. Donohue, Nick Goeman, Isaac Goeman, and Alexis Goeman, all of Sioux Falls, and many nieces and nephews. She is also survived by her brother, Wayne Erickson, of Sioux Falls. She was preceded in death by her parents and by her sisters Edith Erickson, Neva Erickson, and Helen Westall.
She attended Nettleton College and then worked at Rigg's Optical in Sioux Falls for two years starting in 1940. She also worked at the Army Air Force Technical Training Base in Sioux Falls before moving in 1944 to Long Beach, California where she worked at the Navy Hospital and the Veteran's Hospital. She transferred to the Veterans Administration Center when she returned to Sioux Falls in 1954, where she was the secretary to the Assistant Director.
On May 24, 1959, she married Harvey D. Goeman in Sioux Falls. She worked part time at B. Dalton Bookseller in Sioux Falls for ten years ending in 1986. She was a member of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church and the Ebenezer Guild. She attended Bible Study Fellowship for almost seven years.
Throughout the years, she was an avid reader and never lost her love of learning. Her family will always remember her ability to recite poems from memory. In addition to reading, she enjoyed crossword puzzles, watching Jeopardy and traveling with her husband, Harvey. She was a devoted mother and grandmother and greatly enjoyed attending the many activities of her children and grandchildren.
Grateful for having shared her life are her two children, Laura J. Donohue (Dan) and Daniel Goeman (Shelli) both of Sioux Falls, six loving grandchildren who adored her, Erin S. Donohue and her fianc, Erich (Deeg) Snyder, of Chicago, IL, Maggie G. Donohue, Elizabeth A. Donohue, Nick Goeman, Isaac Goeman, and Alexis Goeman, all of Sioux Falls, and many nieces and nephews. She is also survived by her brother, Wayne Erickson, of Sioux Falls. She was preceded in death by her parents and by her sisters Edith Erickson, Neva Erickson, and Helen Westall.
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