Verna M. Goodman, age 86, of Osnabrock and formerly of Milton and Langdon, ND, passed away Wednesday, April 15, 2009, at the Good Samaritan Center of Osnabrock.
Verna was born March 16, 1923, at Calvin, ND, the fifth child of ten children born to Bertha (Nelson) and Nels Restad. Verna attended the Grey Consolidated School. Her dad taught her to play accordion at the age of three and an organ at age 5. She played "Under the Double Eagle" and "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean." She was self-taught and played the piano by ear. During the war she played in a band called the "Melodiers" with Vernon O'Neil on sax, Syl Metzger on banjo and Nestor Metzger on drums. This band played around the Wales-Sarles area.
On November 4, 1943, she married Glen Goodman at the Milton Lutheran Church. Verna and Glen farmed until 1976 when they moved to Modesto, CA. They moved back to Langdon and bought their Condo in the fall of 1982. Glen and Verna Curled in various bonspiels around the county and they received the "best host and hostess" trophy for several years. They also square danced. Verna belonged to a sewing club and Eastern Star. Verna was a great cook and decorator. She took a correspondence course in "Interior Decorating." She sewed and did macramé and needlepoint. She loved cats and had many in her lifetime. She loved to play horseshoes, shuffleboard and badminton.
She is survived by a son, Bernie (Carol) Goodman of Milton, ND and a daughter, Marcia (Boyd) Eagleson of Rugby, ND; 10 grandchildren: Chad Eagleson, Darren Goodman, Brian Goodman, Travis Goodman, Greg Goodman, Brett Goodman, Sean Eagleson, Jace Eagleson, Andrea Bonnes, Ashley Eagleson; 18 great-grandchildren; a brother Clarence (Shirley) Restad of Crescent City, CA.; sisters-in-law, Helen Young of Grants Pass, OR and Jackie Restad of Visalia, CA.
She was preceded in death by her husband Glenn in 2005; son Dennis in 1975; infant daughter Carroll Fae in 1945; grandson Ross Eagleson in 1971; two sisters, Doris Blake Kertz and Lilly Rustan Johnson; 6 brothers: Melvin, Torey, Norman, Loren, Clifford and Myron.
A Prayer Service was held Saturday April 18, 2009, at Brooks Funeral Home, Langdon, ND.
Verna M. Goodman, age 86, of Osnabrock and formerly of Milton and Langdon, ND, passed away Wednesday, April 15, 2009, at the Good Samaritan Center of Osnabrock.
Verna was born March 16, 1923, at Calvin, ND, the fifth child of ten children born to Bertha (Nelson) and Nels Restad. Verna attended the Grey Consolidated School. Her dad taught her to play accordion at the age of three and an organ at age 5. She played "Under the Double Eagle" and "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean." She was self-taught and played the piano by ear. During the war she played in a band called the "Melodiers" with Vernon O'Neil on sax, Syl Metzger on banjo and Nestor Metzger on drums. This band played around the Wales-Sarles area.
On November 4, 1943, she married Glen Goodman at the Milton Lutheran Church. Verna and Glen farmed until 1976 when they moved to Modesto, CA. They moved back to Langdon and bought their Condo in the fall of 1982. Glen and Verna Curled in various bonspiels around the county and they received the "best host and hostess" trophy for several years. They also square danced. Verna belonged to a sewing club and Eastern Star. Verna was a great cook and decorator. She took a correspondence course in "Interior Decorating." She sewed and did macramé and needlepoint. She loved cats and had many in her lifetime. She loved to play horseshoes, shuffleboard and badminton.
She is survived by a son, Bernie (Carol) Goodman of Milton, ND and a daughter, Marcia (Boyd) Eagleson of Rugby, ND; 10 grandchildren: Chad Eagleson, Darren Goodman, Brian Goodman, Travis Goodman, Greg Goodman, Brett Goodman, Sean Eagleson, Jace Eagleson, Andrea Bonnes, Ashley Eagleson; 18 great-grandchildren; a brother Clarence (Shirley) Restad of Crescent City, CA.; sisters-in-law, Helen Young of Grants Pass, OR and Jackie Restad of Visalia, CA.
She was preceded in death by her husband Glenn in 2005; son Dennis in 1975; infant daughter Carroll Fae in 1945; grandson Ross Eagleson in 1971; two sisters, Doris Blake Kertz and Lilly Rustan Johnson; 6 brothers: Melvin, Torey, Norman, Loren, Clifford and Myron.
A Prayer Service was held Saturday April 18, 2009, at Brooks Funeral Home, Langdon, ND.
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