Mrs. Jack Golden, 80, of 2519 North 12th Street, died this morning at St. Mary's Hospital. Martin's Mortuary has charge of arrangements. Services will be at 4 p.m. Wednesday in Martin's Chapel. The Rev. Kenneth R. Schmidt will officiate. Burial will be in Memorial Gardens Cemetery.

Daughter of a pioneer Fruita family, Ida R. Goss was born June 7, 1887, at Fruita. She spent her childhood there. On November 9, 1932, she married Oscar Jack Golden at Fruita. He survives.

Survivors include her children of a previous marriage (George C. Cool), a son, Cecil Cool of Los Angeles; and five daughters, Mrs. Gladys Riggle, Mrs. Dorothy Coulson, Mrs. Mildred Edie, and Mrs. Alice Lockhart, all of Grand Junction, and Mrs. Ethel MacDonald of Mossy Lake, Washington; two brothers, Jake Goss and Morgan Goss, both of Grand Junction; three sisters, Mrs. Ellen Kilby and Mrs. Sarah Cuddy, both of Fruita, and Mrs. Lou Haven of Vernal, Utah; 16 grandchildren; 38 great grandchildren; and a great-great grandchild.

Mrs. Golden was a member of the Assembly of God Church and Veterans of World War I Auxiliary No. 902. She was a resident of Grand Junction for 42 years.

Printed in the Daily Sentinel ~ October 10, 1967

Goss Family History: Rachel Ida Goss was the eleventh child, and the first to be born in Fruita, Colorado, of William and Amanda Goss. She was born 7 June, 1887 and died in Grand Juntion, Colo. 9 October, 1967. She was married to Clyde Neal and one child, Vera, blessed this union. To her marriage to George C. Cool six children were born: Gladys, Ethel, Cecil, Alice, Dorothy, and Mildred. Ida was married to ____ Hubbard. She later married Jack Golden and lived in Grand Junction, CO. She and Jack had two separate sets of claims in Utah, south of Harley Dome. They built a cabin on both places. They used to spend a lot of time there gathering petrified wood and rocks. Ida liked to paint, garden and embroider. She was a member of the First Assembly of God Church for many years where she taught a lot of years. She was also a member of Veterans of World War I Auxiliary #902.