Genevieve
Genevieve Melvina Good
d. January 7, 2012
Genevieve Melvina Emerson Good passed away January 7, 2012 in Courtland Manor Nursing Home, she was 95 years old.
Genevieve was born on May 31, 1916 in Montebello, CA, the only daughter of Jesse Eugene and Jessie Hobart Emerson. As a young child she moved with her family to Oregon. When she was thirteen, her father loaded his four children, her mother, and their worldly goods into a canvas-covered 1929 Chevrolet truck and drove across country to American Corners, MD where he bought a farm.
Genevieve graduated from Denton High School, Denton, MD. She married Horace L. Good shortly after her graduation. The Goods tilled three farms before moving away from agriculture to a home Horace built near Canterbury, DE. Here Horace expanded his carpenter career and Genevieve became a seamstress. She loved large flower gardens and enjoyed spending time with her four grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Horace L. Good; son, Richard Good; brothers, James David Emerson, and Robert Hobart Emerson.
Survivors include a brother, Gilbert Emerson; daughter and son in law, Evelyn and Gordon Pearson; son, Stanley Good; her grandchildren and spouses, Amy and Tim Plump, David and Michelle Pearson, Linda Dawn and Tim Hammond, Wayne (Good) and Paula Gillis will also miss her being in their lives, as will her 10 great grandchildren.
Services will be Wednesday, January 11, 2012, at 1PM, at Melvin Funeral Home, 15522 South DuPont Hwy., Harrington, with a visitation one hour prior. Interment will take place at Hopkins Cemetery, Felton.
Arrangements are by the Melvin Funeral Home, visit our website at www.melvinfuneralhome.com for further information, leave a letter of condolence, or to send flowers.
Genevieve was born on May 31, 1916 in Montebello, CA, the only daughter of Jesse Eugene and Jessie Hobart Emerson. As a young child she moved with her family to Oregon. When she was thirteen, her father loaded his four children, her mother, and their worldly goods into a canvas-covered 1929 Chevrolet truck and drove across country to American Corners, MD where he bought a farm.
Genevieve graduated from Denton High School, Denton, MD. She married Horace L. Good shortly after her graduation. The Goods tilled three farms before moving away from agriculture to a home Horace built near Canterbury, DE. Here Horace expanded his carpenter career and Genevieve became a seamstress. She loved large flower gardens and enjoyed spending time with her four grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Horace L. Good; son, Richard Good; brothers, James David Emerson, and Robert Hobart Emerson.
Survivors include a brother, Gilbert Emerson; daughter and son in law, Evelyn and Gordon Pearson; son, Stanley Good; her grandchildren and spouses, Amy and Tim Plump, David and Michelle Pearson, Linda Dawn and Tim Hammond, Wayne (Good) and Paula Gillis will also miss her being in their lives, as will her 10 great grandchildren.
Services will be Wednesday, January 11, 2012, at 1PM, at Melvin Funeral Home, 15522 South DuPont Hwy., Harrington, with a visitation one hour prior. Interment will take place at Hopkins Cemetery, Felton.
Arrangements are by the Melvin Funeral Home, visit our website at www.melvinfuneralhome.com for further information, leave a letter of condolence, or to send flowers.
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