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Obituary for GOODRICH


Published in the Albuquerque Journal on Wednesday March 18, 2009

Edna Catherine Goodrich passed away March 14, 2009 at the age of 91. She was born March 3, 1918 in Havana, Illinois to Friedrich William Pfeiffer and Una Chaney Pfeiffer. After graduating from nursing school at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Edna married Donald E. Goodrich, then a Lieutenant in the Illinois National Guard, on November 20, 1940. At the end of the war, we moved to Albuquerque, where Mom and Dad operated a chicken and commercial flower farm at 229 86th Street on the West Mesa. Mom was a Den Mother, Girl Scout leader, school nurse, and member of the West Mesa Garden Club. She was predeceased by her husband in 1995; and is survived by her son Donald W. Goodrich; daughter Linda K. Goodrich; granddaughter Diana J. Goodrich; grandson Christopher M. Goodrich and wife Janice; and great- granddaughters Sharon, Jamie, Karen, and Kari. Funeral will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 18, 2009 at French Mortuary, 1111 University Blvd NE; interment to follow at Sandia Memory Gardens.