GOODEW, Etta (Eckert) 1906-c1993

GOODEW ECKERT

Posted By: K. L. Kittleson
Date: 10/6/2006 at 19:57:26

AUSTIN, MINN. -- Etta V. Goodew, 86, of St. Ansgar, Iowa, and formerly of Austin, died Sunday afternoon at the home of her daughter in St. Ansgar.

Born Etta V. Eckert on Feb. 22, 1906, in the Windom, Minn., area., she married Edward Goodew on Aug. 3, 1926, in Northwood, Iowa. They made their home in Austin until moving to St. Ansgar after her husband's retirement from Geo. A. Hormel & Co. Survivors include her husband; two sons, Carroll of Raleigh, N.C., and Ray of Austin; two daughters, Evelyn (Mrs. Edgar) Fox Jr. of St. Ansgar and Valyda (Mrs. Ron) Shada of Walker, Iowa; 17 grandchildren; 39 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Willis Eckert of Florida and Jason Eckert of Austin; and two sisters, Stella Wambeam of Austin and Lillian Johnson of St. Ansgar. Three children, several grandchildren, a sister and two brothers preceded her in death.

The funeral will be 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Grace Baptist Church in Austin, with the Revs. Jack Dowden and Gary Gonnerman co-officiating. Burial will be in Woodbury Cemetery in Lyle. Friends may call from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Wednesday at Mayer Funeral Home in Austin and an hour before the service at the church.