Katherine Sue Silver

Katherine Sue (Gooding) Silver, 65, Winter Garden, Florida, passed away Monday, February 16, 2009 following an extended illness. She was born in New Castle, Indiana October 15, 1943 to Proctor and Mary (New) Gooding. Sue retired from Brockway Glass (Owens-Illinois) after 25 years of service. Sue resided in Lapel for 25 years and retired to Florida in 2004. She was a long time member of the Lapel Eagle Arie 4323 and the Noblesville Moose Lodge. Sue was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, sister and friend. She will be missed by all whose lives she touched. She is survived by four daughters, Angie (husband, Tom) Rao of Windermere, Florida, and Linda (husband Bill) Stewart of Winter Garden, Florida; Ginger Silver of Lapel, and Chris Goemple of Pennsylvania: two sisters, Betty (husband, Dennis) Gipe of Mount Summit and Linda (husband, James) Weaver, of New Castle; one brother Larry Gooding of New Castle, four grandsons, Zachary Stewart, Shawn Hutchens, Steven Harper, and A. J. Goemple; two granddaughters, Kerstin and Kayla Stewart, one niece, Gayle Soliday, one nephew, Dale Frost, two great nephews, Luke and Tristan Soliday, one uncle Elmer Jr. (wife May) New, several cousins and many friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jerry in 2006; daughter, Mary (Lyall) Klynman in 1998; parents Mary and Proctor Gooding; two brothers, Ronald and James Gooding; and one sister, Patricia Gooding. The family will receive friends at Scott E. Hersberger Funeral Home, 1010 North Main Street, Lapel on Friday, February 20, 2009 from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm. The funeral service will be held at Scott E. Hersberger Funeral Home in Lapel on Saturday, February 21, 2009 at 11:00 am with Pastor Dawn Cuthbert officiating with the processional immediately proceeding to Sugar Grove Cemetery in New Castle for graveside services. . Memorial contributions may be made to the National Kidney Foundation, 30 E. 33rd Street, New York, NY 10016.

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