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Geraldine Julia GOODALE

Saint Mary's Catholic - Dell Rapids Cemetery
Minnehaha County,
South Dakota

Geraldine Julia Goodale
(October 7, 1929 - December 20, 2009)

Geraldine J. Goodale, 80, of Chester died suddenly Sunday, December 20, 2009 at the Dells Area Health Center. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 AM Thursday, December 24, 2009 at Huntimer-St. Joseph the Workman Catholic Church, rural Colton. Burial will be in the St. Mary Catholic Cemetery, Dell Rapids. Visitation will be from 1-5:00 PM Wednesday at the Minnehaha Funeral Home, Dell Rapids and resume at 6:00 PM with a Rosary at 7:00 PM and Wake service at 7:30 PM all at the church.

Geraldine was born October 7, 1929 near Colman to parents Mathew and Ida (Geraets) Wolles. As a small child she moved with her family to the Dell Rapids area and later graduated from St. Mary High School. She then attended General Beadle in Madison, where she received her teaching certificate. She taught county school for a few years. Geraldine married Gerald "Jerry" Goodale June 1, 1950 in Dell Rapids. After their marriage they lived near Chester.

She was a member of the Huntimer-St. Joseph the Workman Catholic Church, where she was active in the Altar Society, sewing many baptisms gowns and vestments for the priests. She also sewed many clothes for relatives and friends. She loved music and dancing with her husband.

Grateful for having shared her life are her husband, Gerald "Jerry" Goodale, Chester, her children and their spouses, Terry (Michelle) Goodale, Chester, Marilee (Bob) Casanova, Ramona; Shelia (Steve) Ingram, Ft. Pierre; Cinda (Steve) Pankratz, Sioux Falls; Ken (Kathy) Goodale, Chester; Angie (Mark) Quissell, Sioux Falls; Jan (John) Smallcomb, Sioux Falls; Doug (Stacey) Goodale, Sioux Falls; twenty-four grandchildren; four great grandchildren; four siblings and their spouses, Roger (Bev) Wolles, Dell Rapids; Ethel (Bob) Schmidt, Dell Rapids; Walter (Shelia) Wolles, Mountain View, California; Jim (Shirley) Wolles, Dell Rapids; and many other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, an infant son, and two brothers, Howard and Richard Wolles.

Contributed on 3/10/11

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Submitted: 3/10/11 • Approved: 12/27/20 • Last Updated: 11/5/23 • R105862-G105861-S3

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