Glenice Goyette

GLENICE GOYETTE

Norway

Glenice Irene Goyette, 71, from Norway, formerly Cedar Rapids, joined the angels in Heaven Saturday, Dec. 27, 2014, after fighting a courageous battle with leukemia. She fought long and hard to beat this disease. She was surrounded by her loving family and friends.

Memorial service: 3 p.m. Friday, Jan. 2, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion. The family will greet friends from 3:30 to 6 p.m. following the service at the funeral home. Private family inurnment: Oak Shade Cemetery in Marion.

Glenice will be dearly missed by her children, Rick Turner of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Robert (Jimmy) Wiley and Sherry Bautista of Southern California; eight grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; her sisters, Winnie Warren and Juanita Pretz; her companion, Doug Schinker; best friend, Melissa Madison; friend, Eleanor Burke; and her many nieces and nephews.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Robert and Ella (Eaton) Steenbergen; brothers, Wayne and Bobbie; loving sister, Bernice; and her beloved puppies, Houston and Gizzy.

Glenice was born on Oct. 29, 1943, the fourth daughter of Robert and Ella in Waterloo. She was employed at Amana and Quaker Oats, but her passion was working at The ARC of Eastern Iowa and Options where she cared for children with special needs. The children would brighten up when she came to visit and she welcomed their hugs and enjoyed spending time with each of them. She had a caring and compassionate spirit that was clearly visible to those around her.

She loved animals, whether that was the birds and hummingbirds in her gardens; her and her children's puppies; and the deer and bunnies that roamed free among the fields. She enjoyed expressing her love through her ceramics and shared her beautiful creations with her family and friends. She enjoyed traveling, trips to see her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren in Colorado and California, trips to South Dakota and Mount Rushmore to see the development of Crazy Horse, and spending time nurturing her flowers in her garden.

Glenice journeyed through life and left her footprints wherever she ventured. Footprints of kindness and love, courage and compassion, humor and inspiration and, above all, joy and faith in angels. Although she has left us for a time, we can still look back and clearly see the bright trail of her footprints in our lives that she left behind.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the family in memory of Glenice.

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