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Ruby Goodall
RUBY IRENE GOODALL
Cedar Rapids
Ruby Irene Goodall, 95, of Cedar Rapids, passed away Friday, Dec. 30, 2016, at Manor Care. Per her request, cremation rights have been accorded and a Celebration of Life will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday Jan. 5, at Kingston Hill, located at 202 12th St. NW, Cedar Rapids, by Pastor Stasia Fine of New Disciples of Cedar Rapids.
Ruby was born March 15, 1921, the daughter of George and Esther (Coay) Hawley. She married Richard Arthur Goodall on Feb. 13, 1943, in Cedar Rapids. Ruby retired from Rockwell Collins after 30 years, where she worked as a machine operator.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard; her parents; a daughter, Kathryn E. Franks; a son, Thomas A. Goodall; nine brothers and sisters; and a great-granddaughter, Kylie Hall.
Left to cherish Ruby's memories are sons, Richard Allen Goodall of Fairfax, Phillip (Jean) Goodall and Lonnie (Charlotte) Goodall, both of Cedar Rapids; a daughter, Lori (Will) Zimpfer of Grants Pass, Ore.; and two sisters, Betty (Doug) Clifton of Urbandale and Mary LaBarge of Cedar Rapids. Also surviving are 12 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren and 14 great-great-grandchildren.
Online condolences may be directed to the family at www.iowacremation.com under Obituaries.
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