Westmoreland County PA Archives Obituaries.....Goodman,  Lois Ruth Karns December 29, 2016
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Latrobe Bulletin Sat, Jan 28, 2017 
Lois Ruth Goodman Retired Food Services Director, SS Teacher 
Lois Ruth Karns Goodman, 98, peacefully went home to be with the Lord on
Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016, at the Alaska Pioneer Home in Anchorage, Alaska,
surrounded by family. She was a devoted and loving wife, mother and grandmother.
Her faith in Jesus Christ was of greatest importance to her; this was evident in
her kind and selfless spirit. Lois was born April 23, 1918, in Latrobe, daughter
of the late George Henry and Elizabeth (Musick) Karns. She grew up on the family
farm located about one mile west of Youngstown and just north of the Old Lincoln
Highway. She attended Latrobe High School and graduated from Seton Hill College
with a degree in dietetics in 1946. She was the head of dietary services at
several hospitals, including Torrance State Hospital near Blairsville, Latrobe
Hospital, Westmoreland Hospital in Greensburg, and Indiana Regional Medical
Center, and was the director of food services at Deny Area High School for
several years. Lois married George Goodman in 1947; they lived in Youngstown for
61 years in a Sears Mail Order House built by her father. They were members of
St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church, where she taught Sunday School; one of
her students was Arnold Palmer. She loved refinishing antique furniture, cooking
elaborate meals for her family, and caring for her dogs and cats. She also
enjoyed family camping trips in Pennsylvania, New England and Texas. Lois and
George moved to Anchorage in 2008. She enjoyed taking long road trips with
family around the state, but her favorite times were spent simply being with her
grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. Lois was preceded in death by her husband,
George, exactly one year earlier on Dec. 29, 2015. She is survived by her sons,
Dr. David (Barbara) Goodman of Anchorage and Mark (Stephanie) Goodman of
Morristown, Vermont; granddaughters, Erin (Aaron) Gibson of Fairbanks, Alaska,
and Andrea Goodman of Anchorage, and great-grandchildren, Audrey, Grady, Gavin,
Rachel, Denali and Lincoln. Her family and friends will miss her greatly. We
miss her smile and the gleam in her eyes. A Celebration of Life for both Lois
and George will occur on July 17, 2017, at St. James Lutheran Church,
Youngstown. Interment will follow in St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Trauger. 

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