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We've been a long time without a post. Anyone not exclusively in touch with us via blog posts. Likely already knows it's been a bad year. My mother, often referred to as Pua's Grandma and heard and seen on our hikes with us began having health issues early this year and recently passed away fro leukemia.
Muriel Goodwin Passed away at the age of 73 on September 20,
2014 at her home in Oakridge, Oregon. She survived cancer twice in her fifties
but lost her most recent battle at 5:40AM. She was born in Monroe, Wisconsin on
February 08, 1941 to parents Reverend Richard and Edna Rettig. She married Jerome
Edgar Goodwin in June of 1971 and her father performed the ceremony. They
started their 43 years of marriage by spending 3 years in Japan where Muriel
gave birth to her son Jerome Edgar Goodwin II. She traveled around Japan seeing
many sites, including the pandas at the zoo. She was known by many in Oakridge
who met her on her walks around town with her daughter, Angela Dorothea
Goodwin, and two dogs.
Having first gotten her beautician’s license in 1963,
Muriel, moved on to nursing and found it a better fit. She also earned her
commercial truck driver’s license but decided to continue with nursing. She was
a licensed vocational nurse for about 40 years. She loved music and played the
cello. She has two grandchildren:
Mikayla Goodwin and Nicholas Goodwin. She has one surviving brother
Richard Rettig and joins her Brother Paul and Sister Dorothea.
We have a large backlog of posts we need to make to catch up which we will likely do by years end once more to start the new year fresh again.
