Mary Goold Appelman, a longtime Downers Grove resident who devoted much of her life to working for peace and social justice, died on February 25, in State College, Pennsylvania. She was 90.
Mrs. Appelman and her husband Evan lived in Downers Grove, IL, from 1960 to 1996 before retiring to Kensington, California.
Mrs. Appelman attended the Holmquist School in New Hope, Pennsylvania, and Vassar College, graduating with a degree in history in 1945 at age 19. After graduation she worked at the National Science Foundation in Washington. She later attended graduate school - first in social work, then switching to political science at the University of California, Berkeley, where she met Evan H. Appelman, a PhD candidate in chemistry. The two were married in September 1960 at Congregation Beth El in Berkeley and moved to the Chicago area, where Mr. Appelman was employed as a research chemist at Argonne National Laboratory.
She is survived by her beloved husband of 56 years, Evan Appelman; her sister, Louise Green of St. Louis; her son, and his wife; her daughter, ; and four grandchildren. Another sister, Cora Goold, died as a teenager in Casablanca.
Complete obituary published in Suburban Life Publications on Mar. 2, 2016
(Dr. Evan Appelman died in 2017 at the age of 81)
Mrs. Appelman and her husband Evan lived in Downers Grove, IL, from 1960 to 1996 before retiring to Kensington, California.
Mrs. Appelman attended the Holmquist School in New Hope, Pennsylvania, and Vassar College, graduating with a degree in history in 1945 at age 19. After graduation she worked at the National Science Foundation in Washington. She later attended graduate school - first in social work, then switching to political science at the University of California, Berkeley, where she met Evan H. Appelman, a PhD candidate in chemistry. The two were married in September 1960 at Congregation Beth El in Berkeley and moved to the Chicago area, where Mr. Appelman was employed as a research chemist at Argonne National Laboratory.
She is survived by her beloved husband of 56 years, Evan Appelman; her sister, Louise Green of St. Louis; her son, and his wife; her daughter, ; and four grandchildren. Another sister, Cora Goold, died as a teenager in Casablanca.
Complete obituary published in Suburban Life Publications on Mar. 2, 2016
(Dr. Evan Appelman died in 2017 at the age of 81)
Mary Goold Appelman, a longtime Downers Grove resident who devoted much of her life to working for peace and social justice, died on February 25, in State College, Pennsylvania. She was 90.
Mrs. Appelman and her husband Evan lived in Downers Grove, IL, from 1960 to 1996 before retiring to Kensington, California.
Mrs. Appelman attended the Holmquist School in New Hope, Pennsylvania, and Vassar College, graduating with a degree in history in 1945 at age 19. After graduation she worked at the National Science Foundation in Washington. She later attended graduate school - first in social work, then switching to political science at the University of California, Berkeley, where she met Evan H. Appelman, a PhD candidate in chemistry. The two were married in September 1960 at Congregation Beth El in Berkeley and moved to the Chicago area, where Mr. Appelman was employed as a research chemist at Argonne National Laboratory.
She is survived by her beloved husband of 56 years, Evan Appelman; her sister, Louise Green of St. Louis; her son, and his wife; her daughter, ; and four grandchildren. Another sister, Cora Goold, died as a teenager in Casablanca.
Complete obituary published in Suburban Life Publications on Mar. 2, 2016
(Dr. Evan Appelman died in 2017 at the age of 81)
Mrs. Appelman and her husband Evan lived in Downers Grove, IL, from 1960 to 1996 before retiring to Kensington, California.
Mrs. Appelman attended the Holmquist School in New Hope, Pennsylvania, and Vassar College, graduating with a degree in history in 1945 at age 19. After graduation she worked at the National Science Foundation in Washington. She later attended graduate school - first in social work, then switching to political science at the University of California, Berkeley, where she met Evan H. Appelman, a PhD candidate in chemistry. The two were married in September 1960 at Congregation Beth El in Berkeley and moved to the Chicago area, where Mr. Appelman was employed as a research chemist at Argonne National Laboratory.
She is survived by her beloved husband of 56 years, Evan Appelman; her sister, Louise Green of St. Louis; her son, and his wife; her daughter, ; and four grandchildren. Another sister, Cora Goold, died as a teenager in Casablanca.
Complete obituary published in Suburban Life Publications on Mar. 2, 2016
(Dr. Evan Appelman died in 2017 at the age of 81)
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