Rose Stair Goodman
Rose (Stair) Goodman, 86, co-founder of World Missionary Press, Inc., a long-time resident of Greencroft and more recently Americare Living Center, died Friday afternoon in Goshen General Hospital from complications resulting from a blood disorder.
She had been a resident of Winona Lake, New Paris, Elkhart, and Goshen since 1961, when she returned from 16 years of missionary service in South Africa with her husband, Watson Goodman.
Rose Amelia Stair was born near Plymouth, Indiana, on January 19, 1920, to Harry C. and Lillie (Beyler) Stair. She graduated from Plymouth High School in 1938 and Marion College (now Indiana Wesleyan University) in 1942 with a Bachelor of Theology degree. In her senior year she was chosen by the faculty to appear in Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities
Rose Stair married Watson Goodman on August 30, 1943, and taught public school in Poneto, Indiana, before moving to Milford, Delaware, where her husband took a pastorate and where their first child was born six months before their departure to Africa as missionaries.
The Goodmans ministered in South Africa for nearly sixteen years, during which time Rose was principal of a government vocational school for young women in the heart of Pondoland, helped her husband establish a Bible college 30 miles east of Johannesburg (which still operates under The Wesleyan Church) and Gospel Centre Work, which ministered to 2,000 children and youth weekly in five black townships on the Gold Reef. Rose also published a quarterly Christian magazine for children called "Joy" in both English and Afrikaans. Believing in the power of God's Word to change lives, they started printing the well-known topical Scripture booklet, Help From Above, in their garage in three African languages.
In 1961 the Goodmans returned to the U.S. to begin World Missionary Press (WMP), a worldwide ministry of publishing Scripture booklets, supported by contributions nationwide from interested individuals, churches, and businesses. From a small beginning in Winona Lake, Indiana, the ministry moved to a larger facility in New Paris, Indiana, in 1970. Rose Goodman has written eight titles for children, but is most known for her Scripture booklet for children, The Way to God, now available in 101 languages, and the salvation coloring book, He Is Risen! Another of her coloring books, God Loves You, will soon be reprinted by World Missionary Press.
Rose Goodman was chosen Indiana Mother of the Year for 1975 and spoke at the 40th anniversary of the American Mothers Committee at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City.
Surviving are her sisters, Vera Klatt of Plymouth, Indiana, and Vida and Tressie Stair of Bluffton, Indiana. Surviving children are Victoria Raye (Jay) Benson of New Paris; Donald Watson (Debra) Goodman of Aurora, Illinois; Ruth Estelle (Jerry) Johnson of South Bend; and Harry Woodrow (Patty) Goodman of Goshen. She has three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Preceding her in death were her parents; sister Virginia, who died in childhood; and brothers Victor and Raymond Stair.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. at the Yoder-Culp Funeral Home in Goshen on Tuesday and for one hour before the memorial service at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 1, 2006, at First Church of God, 1006 S. 16th Street, Goshen. Dr. John Moran, former president of The Missionary Church, will officiate. Burial will be at Violett Cemetery, Goshen.
Memorials may be sent to World Missionary Press, Inc., New Paris, Indiana, or to Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, Indiana.
Rose (Stair) Goodman, 86, co-founder of World Missionary Press, Inc., a long-time resident of Greencroft and more recently Americare Living Center, died Friday afternoon in Goshen General Hospital from complications resulting from a blood disorder.
She had been a resident of Winona Lake, New Paris, Elkhart, and Goshen since 1961, when she returned from 16 years of missionary service in South Africa with her husband, Watson Goodman.
Rose Amelia Stair was born near Plymouth, Indiana, on January 19, 1920, to Harry C. and Lillie (Beyler) Stair. She graduated from Plymouth High School in 1938 and Marion College (now Indiana Wesleyan University) in 1942 with a Bachelor of Theology degree. In her senior year she was chosen by the faculty to appear in Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities
Rose Stair married Watson Goodman on August 30, 1943, and taught public school in Poneto, Indiana, before moving to Milford, Delaware, where her husband took a pastorate and where their first child was born six months before their departure to Africa as missionaries.
The Goodmans ministered in South Africa for nearly sixteen years, during which time Rose was principal of a government vocational school for young women in the heart of Pondoland, helped her husband establish a Bible college 30 miles east of Johannesburg (which still operates under The Wesleyan Church) and Gospel Centre Work, which ministered to 2,000 children and youth weekly in five black townships on the Gold Reef. Rose also published a quarterly Christian magazine for children called "Joy" in both English and Afrikaans. Believing in the power of God's Word to change lives, they started printing the well-known topical Scripture booklet, Help From Above, in their garage in three African languages.
In 1961 the Goodmans returned to the U.S. to begin World Missionary Press (WMP), a worldwide ministry of publishing Scripture booklets, supported by contributions nationwide from interested individuals, churches, and businesses. From a small beginning in Winona Lake, Indiana, the ministry moved to a larger facility in New Paris, Indiana, in 1970. Rose Goodman has written eight titles for children, but is most known for her Scripture booklet for children, The Way to God, now available in 101 languages, and the salvation coloring book, He Is Risen! Another of her coloring books, God Loves You, will soon be reprinted by World Missionary Press.
Rose Goodman was chosen Indiana Mother of the Year for 1975 and spoke at the 40th anniversary of the American Mothers Committee at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City.
Surviving are her sisters, Vera Klatt of Plymouth, Indiana, and Vida and Tressie Stair of Bluffton, Indiana. Surviving children are Victoria Raye (Jay) Benson of New Paris; Donald Watson (Debra) Goodman of Aurora, Illinois; Ruth Estelle (Jerry) Johnson of South Bend; and Harry Woodrow (Patty) Goodman of Goshen. She has three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Preceding her in death were her parents; sister Virginia, who died in childhood; and brothers Victor and Raymond Stair.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. at the Yoder-Culp Funeral Home in Goshen on Tuesday and for one hour before the memorial service at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 1, 2006, at First Church of God, 1006 S. 16th Street, Goshen. Dr. John Moran, former president of The Missionary Church, will officiate. Burial will be at Violett Cemetery, Goshen.
Memorials may be sent to World Missionary Press, Inc., New Paris, Indiana, or to Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, Indiana.
Rose Stair Goodman
Rose (Stair) Goodman, 86, co-founder of World Missionary Press, Inc., a long-time resident of Greencroft and more recently Americare Living Center, died Friday afternoon in Goshen General Hospital from complications resulting from a blood disorder.
She had been a resident of Winona Lake, New Paris, Elkhart, and Goshen since 1961, when she returned from 16 years of missionary service in South Africa with her husband, Watson Goodman.
Rose Amelia Stair was born near Plymouth, Indiana, on January 19, 1920, to Harry C. and Lillie (Beyler) Stair. She graduated from Plymouth High School in 1938 and Marion College (now Indiana Wesleyan University) in 1942 with a Bachelor of Theology degree. In her senior year she was chosen by the faculty to appear in Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities
Rose Stair married Watson Goodman on August 30, 1943, and taught public school in Poneto, Indiana, before moving to Milford, Delaware, where her husband took a pastorate and where their first child was born six months before their departure to Africa as missionaries.
The Goodmans ministered in South Africa for nearly sixteen years, during which time Rose was principal of a government vocational school for young women in the heart of Pondoland, helped her husband establish a Bible college 30 miles east of Johannesburg (which still operates under The Wesleyan Church) and Gospel Centre Work, which ministered to 2,000 children and youth weekly in five black townships on the Gold Reef. Rose also published a quarterly Christian magazine for children called "Joy" in both English and Afrikaans. Believing in the power of God's Word to change lives, they started printing the well-known topical Scripture booklet, Help From Above, in their garage in three African languages.
In 1961 the Goodmans returned to the U.S. to begin World Missionary Press (WMP), a worldwide ministry of publishing Scripture booklets, supported by contributions nationwide from interested individuals, churches, and businesses. From a small beginning in Winona Lake, Indiana, the ministry moved to a larger facility in New Paris, Indiana, in 1970. Rose Goodman has written eight titles for children, but is most known for her Scripture booklet for children, The Way to God, now available in 101 languages, and the salvation coloring book, He Is Risen! Another of her coloring books, God Loves You, will soon be reprinted by World Missionary Press.
Rose Goodman was chosen Indiana Mother of the Year for 1975 and spoke at the 40th anniversary of the American Mothers Committee at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City.
Surviving are her sisters, Vera Klatt of Plymouth, Indiana, and Vida and Tressie Stair of Bluffton, Indiana. Surviving children are Victoria Raye (Jay) Benson of New Paris; Donald Watson (Debra) Goodman of Aurora, Illinois; Ruth Estelle (Jerry) Johnson of South Bend; and Harry Woodrow (Patty) Goodman of Goshen. She has three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Preceding her in death were her parents; sister Virginia, who died in childhood; and brothers Victor and Raymond Stair.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. at the Yoder-Culp Funeral Home in Goshen on Tuesday and for one hour before the memorial service at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 1, 2006, at First Church of God, 1006 S. 16th Street, Goshen. Dr. John Moran, former president of The Missionary Church, will officiate. Burial will be at Violett Cemetery, Goshen.
Memorials may be sent to World Missionary Press, Inc., New Paris, Indiana, or to Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, Indiana.
Rose (Stair) Goodman, 86, co-founder of World Missionary Press, Inc., a long-time resident of Greencroft and more recently Americare Living Center, died Friday afternoon in Goshen General Hospital from complications resulting from a blood disorder.
She had been a resident of Winona Lake, New Paris, Elkhart, and Goshen since 1961, when she returned from 16 years of missionary service in South Africa with her husband, Watson Goodman.
Rose Amelia Stair was born near Plymouth, Indiana, on January 19, 1920, to Harry C. and Lillie (Beyler) Stair. She graduated from Plymouth High School in 1938 and Marion College (now Indiana Wesleyan University) in 1942 with a Bachelor of Theology degree. In her senior year she was chosen by the faculty to appear in Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities
Rose Stair married Watson Goodman on August 30, 1943, and taught public school in Poneto, Indiana, before moving to Milford, Delaware, where her husband took a pastorate and where their first child was born six months before their departure to Africa as missionaries.
The Goodmans ministered in South Africa for nearly sixteen years, during which time Rose was principal of a government vocational school for young women in the heart of Pondoland, helped her husband establish a Bible college 30 miles east of Johannesburg (which still operates under The Wesleyan Church) and Gospel Centre Work, which ministered to 2,000 children and youth weekly in five black townships on the Gold Reef. Rose also published a quarterly Christian magazine for children called "Joy" in both English and Afrikaans. Believing in the power of God's Word to change lives, they started printing the well-known topical Scripture booklet, Help From Above, in their garage in three African languages.
In 1961 the Goodmans returned to the U.S. to begin World Missionary Press (WMP), a worldwide ministry of publishing Scripture booklets, supported by contributions nationwide from interested individuals, churches, and businesses. From a small beginning in Winona Lake, Indiana, the ministry moved to a larger facility in New Paris, Indiana, in 1970. Rose Goodman has written eight titles for children, but is most known for her Scripture booklet for children, The Way to God, now available in 101 languages, and the salvation coloring book, He Is Risen! Another of her coloring books, God Loves You, will soon be reprinted by World Missionary Press.
Rose Goodman was chosen Indiana Mother of the Year for 1975 and spoke at the 40th anniversary of the American Mothers Committee at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City.
Surviving are her sisters, Vera Klatt of Plymouth, Indiana, and Vida and Tressie Stair of Bluffton, Indiana. Surviving children are Victoria Raye (Jay) Benson of New Paris; Donald Watson (Debra) Goodman of Aurora, Illinois; Ruth Estelle (Jerry) Johnson of South Bend; and Harry Woodrow (Patty) Goodman of Goshen. She has three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Preceding her in death were her parents; sister Virginia, who died in childhood; and brothers Victor and Raymond Stair.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. at the Yoder-Culp Funeral Home in Goshen on Tuesday and for one hour before the memorial service at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 1, 2006, at First Church of God, 1006 S. 16th Street, Goshen. Dr. John Moran, former president of The Missionary Church, will officiate. Burial will be at Violett Cemetery, Goshen.
Memorials may be sent to World Missionary Press, Inc., New Paris, Indiana, or to Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, Indiana.
