Winnifred Edna (Andersen) Goeboro

Our dear mother went to her final sleep in the evening of her husband's 99th birthday, March 6, 2019.  She was born April 27, 1921 in Copenhagen Denmark. Daughter of Anders and Annie (Holder) Andersen; sister to Ivy Elizabeth Fisher (Elmer); beloved wife to Raymond E. Goeboro – all who have preceded her in death. Dearly loved and cherished mother to Nancy Murphy (Michael) of Dexter, Michigan and Jean Johnson of Grass Lake, Michigan; and dear grandmother to Melissa Corrigan (James) of Wayne, Michigan and Lauren Katakowski (Peter) of Grass Lake, Michigan. She also leaves nieces Carol Keating (Clyde) of Covington, Louisiana and Janet Johnston also of Covington, Louisiana, and numerous other family in Louisiana, Texas and England, Denmark and Canada.

Emigrating to America from England by ship in 1924, she and her family settled in Dearborn, Michigan because her father was employed as a Machinist and Tool-and-Die maker for the Ford Motor Company. Winnie, as she was known her entire life, attended Oxford Elementary, Thomas A. Edison Junior High and old Dearborn High School, where she made lifelong friendships. Winnie met Ray following World War II through mutual friends, and they were married on August 2, 1947.

She was an officer and a member of the Dearborn Heights chapter of the League of Women Voters. The Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan houses "documents about her activities with the League, including a river clean-up effort in the Rouge River basin" and other matters involving Conservation and Environmentalism in Michigan, activities which gave her great satisfaction.

Winnie was profoundly proud of her Danish heritage, celebrating many holidays with traditional Danish foods and décor. She and Ray belonged to the Finnish Center Association Cultural Center.  They were life-long members of St. Paul's American Lutheran Church, Dearborn.

The family would like to offer thanks to the staff at Beaumont Common, Dearborn, especially the caregivers at Oak Court Terrace, for their compassion, friendship and skilled assistance, as well as those from Angela Hospice, for making Winnie's final days comfortable and peaceful.

Cremation has already occurred.  The Celebration of Life Service will be held on Tuesday, March 19 ^th , 2019 at 11:00 a.m. (10:00 Gathering) at St. Paul's American Lutheran Church, 21915 Beech Street in Dearborn, Michigan 48124.  She will be interred at Northview Cemetery in a private ceremony.

Funeral arrangements are being handled by The Dearborn Chapel of the Howe-Peterson Funeral Home www.howepeterson.com