Submitted by: Dan Rich

Carol W. Goshert
Jan. 30, 1926 - June 20, 2002

South Bend Tribune 6/23/2002

Carol Goshert, 76, of Hilltop Drive, South Bend, Ind., died at 12:45 p.m. Thursday, June 20, in Hospice House of St. Joseph County. She was born on Jan. 30, 1926, in Highland Park, Mich., to Carl C. and Hazel E. (Marsh) Wilcox. Carol graduated from John Adams High School in South Bend and received her B.S. degree in music and psychology from Olivet College, Olivet, Mich. She completed her post-graduate work at Indiana State University, majoring in early childhood education.

From 1948 until 1957, Carol was employed by the St. Joseph County Department of Public Welfare, and from 1973 until 1988 she was with the Circle of Mercy Day Nursery.

While employed at the Department of Public Welfare, she met Robert L. Goshert. They were married on May 7, 1955, in South Bend, in the First Presbyterian Church. Robert died on May 1, 1999. She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Jill and G. Scott Olbin of Fort Wayne, Ind.; a son and daughter-in-law, Jeffrey and Denise Goshert of Plainfield, Ill.; and by five grandchildren, Ryan, Robert and Shannon Olbin, and Carl and Cole Goshert. Carol was a member of First Presbyterian Church where she was an elder, deacon, and office volunteer. She sang in the choir and was a member of the bell choir. She was a member of the Family and Children Center Auxiliary and Chapter BX-P.E.O. Sisterhood.

Memorial services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 25, in the First Presbyterian Church of South Bend, with Rev. David Morrow officiating. Interment will be at Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw, Ind. Friends may call from 11 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday in the church parlor. Memorial contributions may be made to the First Presbyterian Church, 333 W. Colfax, South Bend, IN 46601; or to Hospice of St. Joseph County, 111 Sunnybrook Court, South Bend, IN 46637. The Palmer Funeral Home, River Park, South Bend, is in charge of arrangements.