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Geraldine Jessie Goldsboro

Brownstown, IL

January 31, 1926 - April 1, 2020

Geraldine Jessie Goldsboro Obituary

Geraldine Jessie Goldsboro, 94, of Brownstown, passed away at 3:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 1, 2020, at her home. Private family services will be held at Gieseking Funeral Home, Brownstown with burial at Griffith Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the donor’s choice. Geraldine (Gerry) was born Sunday, January 31 1926 in Fayette Co. to Jacob and Bertha (Thomas) Harre. She married David B. Goldsboro on January 31, 1944. They enjoyed 76 wonderful years together. He was the love of her life. She was an owner and operator of Gerry’s Beauty Salon in Brownstown, and a member of the First United Methodist Church in Brownstown. She was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great grandmother. She was known for her fantastic noodles and potato salad. She enjoyed wintering in Florida with her husband, and also enjoyed various games including shuffle board and cards and also boating and water skiing at the Vandalia lake lot. In addition to her husband, she is survived by; her 4 children, Gloria (Steve) Austin, St. Elmo, Larry (Jody) Goldsboro, Vandalia, Dean (Diane) Goldsboro, Vincennes, IN, and Cheryl Swick, Brownstown; 11 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; and 9 great-great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by; her parents; brothers, Gilbert, James, Howard, Thureal, Jake, Charles, and Edward Harre; sisters, Mildred Sidwell and Alma Harre in infancy; son-in-law, Bill Swick.

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