He was born January 3, 1880 in Jefferson, N.C.; the 6th child born to William and Amanda (Graybeal) Goss. He was about 3 years old when the family moved to Pueblo, Colorado and three years later moved to Fruita where he spent his childhood. He was a cowpuncher in Rangely, Colorado where he met and married Zinnie Coltharp in 1907 and was blessed with three children; Fern, Cecil, and Clara. They moved to California in the mid 1920's. Mr. Goss spent 23 years as an oil worker, retiring from Tidewater Oil Company.
He was a member of the Woodman of the World in Grand Junction, Colorado and a member of the Christian Church in Ventura, California.
Located at mile marker 48.7 on Highway 139, the Douglas Pass between Fruita and Rangely, Colorado, there is a rock engraved by Mr. Goss when he got caught in a terrible rain storm; it reads "R.F. Goss Oct. 27 1899".
Survivors include his wife; one son, Cecil F. Goss of Ventura; two daughters, Mrs. Fern Cox, Coalinga, and Mrs. Clara Lemaster of Avenal; two brothers, Jack Goss of Loma Colorado and Morgan Goss of Grand Junction, Colorado; four sisters, Mrs. Ellen Kilby of Fruita, Colorado, Mrs. Ida Golden of Grand Junction, Colorado, Mrs. Sara Cuddy of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Mrs. Lulu Havens of Vernal, Utah; 6 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
Services will be held on Saturday, December 26th at 2:00 p.m. at Bragg & Sons Funeral Chapel with Rev. Lyons officiating. Burial will be at Pleasant Valley Cemetery.
He was born January 3, 1880 in Jefferson, N.C.; the 6th child born to William and Amanda (Graybeal) Goss. He was about 3 years old when the family moved to Pueblo, Colorado and three years later moved to Fruita where he spent his childhood. He was a cowpuncher in Rangely, Colorado where he met and married Zinnie Coltharp in 1907 and was blessed with three children; Fern, Cecil, and Clara. They moved to California in the mid 1920's. Mr. Goss spent 23 years as an oil worker, retiring from Tidewater Oil Company.
He was a member of the Woodman of the World in Grand Junction, Colorado and a member of the Christian Church in Ventura, California.
Located at mile marker 48.7 on Highway 139, the Douglas Pass between Fruita and Rangely, Colorado, there is a rock engraved by Mr. Goss when he got caught in a terrible rain storm; it reads "R.F. Goss Oct. 27 1899".
Survivors include his wife; one son, Cecil F. Goss of Ventura; two daughters, Mrs. Fern Cox, Coalinga, and Mrs. Clara Lemaster of Avenal; two brothers, Jack Goss of Loma Colorado and Morgan Goss of Grand Junction, Colorado; four sisters, Mrs. Ellen Kilby of Fruita, Colorado, Mrs. Ida Golden of Grand Junction, Colorado, Mrs. Sara Cuddy of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Mrs. Lulu Havens of Vernal, Utah; 6 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
Services will be held on Saturday, December 26th at 2:00 p.m. at Bragg & Sons Funeral Chapel with Rev. Lyons officiating. Burial will be at Pleasant Valley Cemetery.
Family Members
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Aurora Myrtle Goss Pavey
1875–1950
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Ala Ellen Goss White Kilby
1876–1971
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Mary Jane Goss
1878–1882
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Levi Clinton Goss
1881–1918
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Jehu Ambrose "Dade" Goss
1883–1955
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Jacob Charlie Vigo "Jake" Goss
1884–1968
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Sara Etta Goss Cuddy
1885–1968
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Rachel Ida Goss Golden
1887–1967
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William Winford "Willie" Goss
1892–1904
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Lulu Frances "Lou" Goss Havens
1892–1975
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Morgan Stuart Goss
1893–1987
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