MESSAGE FROM BARBARA
Hi
there, Goble Cousins! It's hard to believe that we are into
the third month of a new year already. The memories of our reunion
in Branson last summer are still fresh and make me smile even as I type
this. That being said...it is already time to look forward to 2010 and
our next Goble Family Reunion. We need to start right away deciding
on a location in the western United States. We want to give everyone
enough time to plan and budget for the trip. Those of you who have been
around for a while will remember that our last reunion in this area was in
Reno, Nevada. That is certainly a possibility again, but it would be nice
to find a different place for this one. One place that we are considering
is the Portland, Oregon area. The Goble Tavern is near there and
I've recently had some contact with the owners. It is undergoing
remodeling and they are very enthusiastic about having a Goble Reunion (or part
of one) there. Please send any suggestions you have for location to
me. I will check out the possibilities.
Our Goble
DNA Project is moving very slowly. Please consider participating if
you are a Goble male. If you are a Goble female, please continue to try
to sweet-talk your Goble-surnamed brothers, uncles, male cousins, etc. into
parting with a little spit for the cause. Remember that we have a fund
started to help those who might find the testing a financial hardship.
I'll make a pitch here for contributions to that fund as well.
We are
in desperate need of a newsletter editor. If you are good with computers
and publishing software and want to do something to benefit the Association,
please contact either Evelyn (GOBLENEWS@aol.com)
or me (bgvolker@theworks.com). I will take care of the printing and
mailing.
That's all
for now. I wish you all a blessed Easter and a lovely spring.
Barbara Goble
Volker, President
CURTAINS -A NEW BROADWAY
MUSICAL
Patty Goble is one of the stars of “Curtains”
a new and original musical comedy appearing on Broadway at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, 302
West 45th Street, New York City.
For more information about the show and more photos
of Patty go to: http://www.curtainsthemusical.com/
David Hyde Pierce and Debra Monk star with cast members, Karen Ziemba, Jill Paice, Patty Goble (the one with the red hair), and Edward Hibbert
GOBLE FAMILY HISTORY
Hello
Goble cousins. I am beginning to
organize the material I have been gathering over the past 15 years into a Goble
Family History reference book.
I can’t tell you how long it’s going to take me to complete but this is
my first request for updated information to be included in the book. If there have been marriages, births and/or
deaths that you want included please send me the information so I can update
the record. A form is included in PDF. Please, fill it
out and send it to: Evelyn Goble Steen, 36 Lake Meade Dr. East Berlin, PA
17316 or send changes via email to GOBLENEWS@aol.com. Thank you!
BIRTHS
Karson
Bruce (13) Greb[1] was born June 28, 2007
weighing 9 lbs. 14.5 ounces and measuring 20 inches long. His parents are: Kyle Bruce (12) & Addie
Tennille Greb. His big brother is 3-year-old
Kade Thomas (13) Greb. Proud
grandparents are Carl Bruce and Mary Ann (11) Goble Greb. This is a new addition to the Thomas Goble
Tree.
SPECIAL BIRTHDAYS
Regretfully we forgot to
include Floyd E. (11) Goble in our birthday acknowledgements in
our last issue. Floyd was 87 on October
13, 2007. [2]
Please don’t hesitate to
send in special birthday, anniversary, birth and marriage information for the
newsletter. Please send you special
announcements to either Evelyn Goble Steen at GobleNews@aol.com
or Barbara Goble Volker at bgvolker@theworks.com.
SOUTH AFRICAN GOBLE TREE
We have received enough
information from our South African cousins to start a Goble database for a
South African Goble Tree. Many of our
South African Goble cousins are descendants of the English line of Gobles. Richard Holmes Goble was the son of James
Methold Goble and Dorothy Mitcalfe of Sussex.
Richard Holmes Goble was born in 1819 in Brighton, England and traveled
to Australia at the age of 16 where he met his wife to be, Eliza Mary
Crook. They married and had 10 children
in Durbin, South Africa. Those children
are the basis for our South African tree.
Information will soon be available
on our webpage! For those of you who
don’t know, there are Goble locations in South Africa. So far we’ve discovered a Goble Road and the
Goble Palms. The Gobles owned a great
deal of property in and around Durbin and I’m confident we’ll find more Goble
sites there. If you have information
you would like to contribute contact Evelyn at GobleNews@aol.com.
GOBLE OREGON
As we think of the
possibility of having our 2010 Goble Family reunion in Portland, Oregon near
Goble, let’s become more knowledgeable about the location and it’s meaning to
the Goble family.
In 1853 Daniel Blue (8) Goble (descendent of Thomas
Goble) took up a donation land claim on the Oregon side of the Columbia River.
Daniel Goble sold his land to George Foster, who laid out a town and named it Goble.
The Goble Post Office operated between 1894 and 1960.
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management, General Land
Office Records, shows that Daniel B. Goble was issued a land title on October
15, 1873, for 172.4 acres for parts of T6N R2W Section 12, under the 1850
"Oregon-Donation Act". The
1856 cadastral tax survey for T6N R2W, filed at the Surveyor's Office of
Oregon, has the Gobal homestead labeled. Upstream off the Oregon shore
is Coffin Rock and downstream towards the middle of the Columbia River is Sandy
Island.
The 1888 nautical chart Columbia River, Sheet
No.4, Grim's Island to Kalama, has Sandy Island labeled as Sandy I.,
and shows it directly across from the Washington town of Kalama. Just downstream
on the Oregon side is Gobles Point. [3]
OBITUARIES
Jonathan J. "Jay" Ference[4]
Died
suddenly, July 18, 2007, of Buffalo, NY, son of the late Edward and Joan
Ference; stepson of Bob McComas; beloved husband of Elizabeth A. (nee
Hillyard); dear father of Jonathan Jr. (Meagan), Sara (Fernando Rodriguez),
Nicole "Coco" and Anthony "Bull" Ference; dear papa of
Hailey "Yaya", Jonathan III and Anelise; brother of Steven
(Patricia), Thomas (Colleen) and Joell (John) Gilley; loving uncle of many
nieces and nephews. Funeral Services Monday at 8 PM from the Old First Ward
Chapel of the PETER K. LESLIE FUNERAL HOME, 580 South Park Ave. (corner of
Hamburg St., 855-1411). Relatives and friends are invited to attend. Family
will be present Monday 4-8 PM. Jay coached for many years for the Airlines
Bulldogs in Cheektowaga. (Thomas Goble Tree)
Published
in the Buffalo News on 7/22/2007
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William Howard (11) Goble died December 05, 2007
in Venice, Los Angeles Co., California short of his 92nd
birthday. He was born December 27, 1915
in Perry Lee Lake, Kansas to Walter Herbert Goble and Myrtle Mary Waldron, the
youngest of three sons. He married Ida Christina Lallier and they had three
children: Peggy, Wesley and Wayne. Only the twin boys Wesley and Wayne,
survive. He was buried in Inglewood
Park Cemetery. (Thomas Goble Tree)[5]
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James R Goble and his wife Mary
Cecelia (Simmons) Goble die of pneumonia. James R. Goble was born May 31, 1937 to Fred Goble and Vivian
Hutton in Floyd Co., Kentucky. He
married Mary Cecelia Simmons who was born September 03, 1941 and they had four
children. Mary died January 07, 2008
and two days later James died on January 9, 2008 in Kentucky. Their children survive: James R. Goble,
Kenneth L. Goble, Vivian E. Baldwin and Daniel R. Goble. (German Tree)[6]
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Lillian Goble Jacobs[7][8],
age 95 of Westfield, Illinois passed away on Monday, January 28, 2008,
at 11:05 p.m. at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center in Mattoon, Illinois. Funeral
services will be held on Thursday, January 31, 2008 at 1:30 p.m., at the United
Methodist Church in Westfield, with Rev. Charles Shelquist officiating.
Visitation will be held one hour prior to funeral at the church. Burial will be
in Maple Hill Cemetery in Westfield. Lillian was born in Hutton Township, Coles
County, Illinois, on November 15, 1912, to L.G. and Ella Weber Goble. She
married Raymond Jacobs on January 25, 1941. He preceded her in death in 1983.
She was also preceded by her parents, two brothers, Leroy and Clayton Goble;
and one sister, Wilma Ferry. She is survived by brother-in-law, Robert Jacobs
and wife Joyce of Westfield; and many nieces and nephews. Lillian taught school
for 46 years and had owned the Westfield Diner since 1966. She was a member of
the Westfield United Methodist Church and was a charter member of the former
Westfield American Legion Auxiliary. Memorials may be made to donor's choice.
Memorial tributes may be sent to the family at www.markwellfuneralhome.com,
Markwell Funeral Home in Casey and Westfield is in charge of arrangements. Published in the Journal Gazette &
Times-Courier on 1/30/2008 (Thomas
Goble Tree)
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82, of Terre Haute, passed away Saturday, Feb. 2,
2008, in her home. She was born Dec. 10, 1925, in Greene County to Earl
Bales and Dola Ringo Bales. Lavelda was employed at Indiana State University
from 1961 to 1987, where she was helpful, in her gracious manner, to a
multitude of faculty members and students. She retired as administrative
assistant to the president emeriti, after having served under ISU President
Alan Rankin and Richard Landini. Her husbands, Dr. Jack Johnson and Lloyd
Goble, preceded her in death. Survivors include cousins, Mary Colbert, Mary
“Short” Yount, Donnie and Harold Richardson, and Faye Vandeventer;
sister-in-law, Nora Belle Reed; stepdaughter, Bonnie Goble; stepson, Larry
Goble; many nieces and nephews; and numerous beloved friends. She was a member of ISU Friends of the
Library and Terre Haute YMCA boards. She had been active in professional
organizations including Altrusa International, Terre Haute Business and
Professional Women, Administrative Professionals, Heart of the Nation Chapter,
and Professional Secretaries International. She was a beloved member of the
Wednesday Breakfast Women. She was a member of the Southside and Eastside
Churches of Christ and their Senior Seekers group. Services are 10:30 a.m.
Wednesday at DeBaun Springhill Chapel, 85 E. Springhill Drive, with the Revs.
Ken Grubb and Peter Reed officiating. Interment is in Roselawn Mausoleum.
Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Published
in The Tribune Star. (Thomas Goble Tree)
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George
Henry Goble[10]
Age 92 of Rochester Hills, Michigan passed away
peacefully Saturday, February 16, 2008.
George was born December 5,1915 in Coalmont, Indiana,
the first child of Charles and Ressa Goble. He graduated from Indiana State
University in 1936 with a B.S. degree in Science and Mathematics, and taught
high school in Dugger and Shelburn, Indiana. In 1942 he graduated from Purdue
University with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and worked for 13 years for
Radio Corporation of America in the fields of facsimile, television, and
computers. During WWII, George was on special assignment to work on the
development of sonar for RCA to detect submarines.
In 1955
George joined the Chrysler Corporation with executive assignments in the
Missiles, Space & Defense Divisions in both Detroit and New Orleans. While
in New Orleans, his efforts contributed to the successful mission of sending
men into space. In l981 he was appointed Vice President of Defense Quality,
Chrysler Defense Inc., reporting to John W. Day, President, there he worked on
the development of the Abrams M-1 tank. Following the sale of the tank division
to General Dynamics Corp. in 1982 George served as Vice President, Defense
Quality, General Dynamics Land Systems Division reporting to the President O.C.
Boileau, until his retirement in June, 1982. At the request of Mr. Boileau,
George returned to General Dynamics in September 1982 as a consultant in the
area of quality control.
George was
predeceased by his wife, Mary Eveline Thompson Goble. He is survived by his
daughters, Sue Eveline Goble Allen (James), a special education teacher in
Troy, Michigan, Diane Lee Goble (John Kiely) of San Jose, California, a retired
marketing and sales and community volunteer, his grandchildren, David Goble
Allen, a financial analyst in New York City, Steven Goble Allen, a student at
the University of Michigan, Claire Goble Kiely, a student a Brown University
and his siblings Norma Boykiw, Paul (Mary Jane) Goble, Bonnie Huff, and
Anna Lee (Tom) Brock. He is also survived by his special companion Marge Pulk
of Rochester Hills.
Inurnment
will be at Mt. Avon Cemetery, Rochester. Suggested memorials to Mercy Bellbrook,
for the Wish List of the Occupational and Physical Therapy Dept./Skilled
Nursing Floor, 873 W. Avon Rd., Rochester Hills, Michigan 48307. A celebration
in memory of George’s life was attended by immediate family and close friends
on February 18, 2008 at the Royal Park Hotel, Rochester. Arrangements were in
the care of the Potere-Modetz Funeral Home, Rochester. Online guestbook www.modetzfuneralhomes.com (Thomas Goble Tree)
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Robert George Goble[11] died suddenly on Monday, Feb.
18, 2008. He was 69. Born to William and Pauline Goble in Jersey City, he
lived in Jersey City then in Haskell, and then Bloomingdale for 20 years before
moving to Franklin six years ago.
Goble
served with the Army during the Vietnam War and then worked as a truck driver
for Red Star Express in Newark for 40 years before retiring in 2003. He then
worked as a bus driver for DW Clark & Sons in Beaver Lake for the last
three years transporting special education students. He was an avid and lucky
lottery player and had a passion for cars, trucks and camping.
He is
survived by his wife Arlene Goble (nee Burker) of Franklin; sons Robert G.
Goble Jr. of Franklin, Mark W. Goble of Queensbury, N.Y., and daughter and Dawn
L. Post of Wantage Township; brother William Goble of Delray, Fla.; seven
grandchildren, and a nephew.
The family
will receive their friends at F. John Ramsey Funeral Home, One Main Street,
Franklin, on Thursday, Feb. 21 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral service will
be Friday, Feb. 22 at the funeral home at 11 a.m. Cremation will be private.
Memorial gifts to St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place,
Memphis, Tenn. 38105 or National Childrens Cancer Society, 1015 Locust, Suite
600, St. Louis, Mo. 63101 would be appreciated. New Jersey Herald. (Unconnected
Tree)
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Don Biggs[12],
92, a rural Westfield, Illinois farmer, passed away at 9:55 a.m. on Wednesday, March
5, 2008 at Casey Health Care Center, Casey, Illinois.
He was born October 20 1915 in Clark County,
Illinois the son of Herbert Solomon Biggs and Clara Jane Goble Biggs. On May 30, 1937 he married Margaret Lucille
Coffey in Ashmore, Illinois.
Survivors
include his wife of seventy years, Margaret Biggs of Ashmore, IL; son, Steve
Biggs and wife Judy of Ashmore, IL; five grandsons, Wes Biggs and wife Kristy
of Providence, Texas; Jared Biggs and wife Kelly of Mt. Erie, Illinois; Morgan
Biggs and wife Jessi of Charleston, Illinois; Dustin Biggs and wife Tabitha of
Westfield, Illinois and Kyle Biggs of Ashmore, IL; step grandchildren, Jeff
Shrader and wife Jill of Charleston, Illinois and Julie Tomlinson and husband
Jeff of Charleston, Illinois, and fourteen grant-grandchildren.
His parents and sister, Merle Marie Factor and her
husband Henry preceded him in death.
Don grew up on the family farm and attended the
Westfield schools, graduating from Westfield High School in 1933. Don received his 60-year pin from the
Westfield Masonic Lodge #10446. He was
a member of the Ashmore Community Club and the Westfield United Methodist
Church, where he attended church his entire life. Don enjoyed raising cattle and hogs and was a grain farmer. He also worked for W. H. Turner
International and Connelly Gravel Producers.
Funeral
services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 8, 2008 at the Westfield
United Methodist Church, Westfield, Illinois with Rev. Charles Shelquist
officiating. Burial will be in the
Maple Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be
held from 12 to 2 p.m. on Saturday at the Church. Memorials may be made to the Westfield United Methodist Church
Organ Fund, 225 S. Madison St., Westfield, Illinois 62474.
Markwell Funeral Home of Casey and Westfield,
Illinois is in charge of the arrangements.
To sign the online guestbook, go to www.jg-tc.com
and click on obituaries. (Thomas Goble Tree)