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Charles Goff

Edwardsville |

Charles J. Goff, age 93, of Edwardsville, Illinois, died at 3:56 p.m. on Wednesday, February 8, 2017, at Meridian Village Care Center in Glen Carbon. He was born April 30, 1923, in East St. Louis, Illinois, the son of the late Edward T. & Helen R. (Williams) Goff. Charles was the former owner and operator of The Colonnades Nursing Home in Granite City, Illinois and Goff & Dittman Florist in Madison, Illinois. Charles is survived by his wife Lorena J. (Jamison) Goff, whom he married in March of 1987. He is also survived by one son, Walter E. Goff & wife Kathy of Edwardsville; one daughter, Constance M. Martin & husband Roger of Swansea, Illinois; two sisters, Mary Ann Buscher of Phoenix, Arizona and Sharen R. Horn of Houston, Texas; four step-daughters, Patricia Fuentes, Betty Trebing, Nancy Hale, and Cathy Bandon; many nieces and nephews; and many grandchildren & great-grandchildren. Charles was preceded in death by four brothers, Robert, Edward, Harold, & Eugene Goff. He served in the U.S. Army in Europe during WWII. Charles was wounded in action in Buer, Germany, on March 30, 1945, earning the Purple Heart & Bronze Star Medal. He was also a member of Sunset Hills Country Club for many years, where he loved playing golf, cards, and socializing with friends. A private funeral service was held on Monday, February 13, 2017, at Weber & Rodney Funeral Home in Edwardsville. Entombment followed at Sunset Hill Memorial Estates in Glen Carbon with full military honors. The family request memorials to The St. Louis Children’s Hospital in care of Weber & Rodney Funeral Home in Edwardsville.


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