L. Blanche Goss

09/23/2005

L. Blanche Goss, 103, died yesterday at Timberlyn Heights Nursing Home. Born in Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Canada, on Sept. 3, 1902, daughter of John and Susanna Smith Tucker, she attended schools there. She moved to Chelsea in 1922, to Everett in 1938 and to Ashley Falls in 1985 to live with her son, the Rev. Earl Goss, who now lives in Pittsfield. Mrs. Goss was a homemaker. She was a longtime active member of Saugus Nazarene Church. She and her husband, Harold V. Goss, were married 61 years at the time of his death on Dec. 7, 1988. Besides her son, she leaves another son, Harold Goss of Everett; four grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren, and four great-great-grandchildren. FUNERAL NOTICE -- A private funeral for L. Blanche Goss, who died Friday, Sept. 23, 2005, will be conducted Tuesday, Sept. 27, at Salvatore Rocco and Sons Funeral Home, 331 Main St., Everett, by the Rev. Steve Pelechawicz, pastor of Saugus Nazarene Church. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett. Family will receive friends Monday from 4 to 7 at the funeral home. BIRCHES-ROY FUNERAL HOME, 33 South St., Great Barrington, is in charge of local arrangements. She leaves her daughters-in-law, Jean and Gloria, and four grandchildren, David Goss of Beverly, Susan Oberg of Lafayette, N.J., Carolyn Duprey of Great Barrington and Daniel Goss of Lee.

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