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Letha <I>Oakey</I> Goddard

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Letha Oakey Goddard

Birth
Plano, Madison County, Idaho, USA
Death
23 May 1968 (aged 51)
Idaho Falls, Bonneville County, Idaho, USA
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Idaho Falls, Bonneville County, Idaho, USA Add to Map
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Letha Oakey Goddard, 51, wife of Joseph M. Goddard of Vallejo, Calif., and former Idaho Falls resident suffered a stroke Wednesday and died Thursday in a local hospital. She had been in Idaho Falls for the last two weeks visiting with relatives.

She was born Feb. 24, 1917 at Plano, Idaho, the daughter of George Oakey and Josephine Brown Oakey, and received her elementary education at Plano, graduating from the Edmund High School in the Plano area.

She entered a local beauty school in Idaho Falls in 1935. Since graduating from the beauty school she continued her beauty career in Idaho Falls, St. Anthony, and Salt Lake City, Utah.

On December 20, 1947, she married Joseph M. Goddard in Idaho Falls. Goddard is in the US Navy and in September of 1950 the couple went to California where he was stationed.

She is survived by her husband and two stepchildren, Jack M. Goddard and Mrs. John (Susan) Dyster, both of Ogden, Utah and six grandchildren.

She is also survived by her mother, Mrs. Josephine Oakey of Idaho Falls and by the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Jay H. Steele, Plano; Mrs. Harold L. Babbitt, Mrs. George Monson, Mrs. Melvin Hyman, Mrs. Elmer Elg, Mrs. Davis Lemons, all of Idaho Falls; Wendell Oakey, Plano; and Raymod Oakey, Rexburg.

(Post Register 23 May 1968)
Letha Oakey Goddard, 51, wife of Joseph M. Goddard of Vallejo, Calif., and former Idaho Falls resident suffered a stroke Wednesday and died Thursday in a local hospital. She had been in Idaho Falls for the last two weeks visiting with relatives.

She was born Feb. 24, 1917 at Plano, Idaho, the daughter of George Oakey and Josephine Brown Oakey, and received her elementary education at Plano, graduating from the Edmund High School in the Plano area.

She entered a local beauty school in Idaho Falls in 1935. Since graduating from the beauty school she continued her beauty career in Idaho Falls, St. Anthony, and Salt Lake City, Utah.

On December 20, 1947, she married Joseph M. Goddard in Idaho Falls. Goddard is in the US Navy and in September of 1950 the couple went to California where he was stationed.

She is survived by her husband and two stepchildren, Jack M. Goddard and Mrs. John (Susan) Dyster, both of Ogden, Utah and six grandchildren.

She is also survived by her mother, Mrs. Josephine Oakey of Idaho Falls and by the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Jay H. Steele, Plano; Mrs. Harold L. Babbitt, Mrs. George Monson, Mrs. Melvin Hyman, Mrs. Elmer Elg, Mrs. Davis Lemons, all of Idaho Falls; Wendell Oakey, Plano; and Raymod Oakey, Rexburg.

(Post Register 23 May 1968)

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  • Created by: Theresa
  • Added: Jul 21, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73702018/letha-goddard: accessed ), memorial page for Letha Oakey Goddard (24 Feb 1917–23 May 1968), Find a Grave Memorial ID 73702018, citing Rose Hill Cemetery, Idaho Falls, Bonneville County, Idaho, USA; Maintained by Theresa (contributor 47355046).