Obituary: Sally Goldgeier
A selfless, loving, dedicated mother, sister, daughter, wife and friend, Sally Goldgeier passed away Dec. 16 in Seattle, Wash.
A selfless, loving, dedicated mother, sister, daughter, wife and friend, Sally Goldgeier passed away Dec. 16 in Seattle, Wash.
Born May 18, 1942, in the Bronx to Evelyn and James Silver, she graduated from Queens College and soon began her teaching career at elementary schools in New York City. After moving to Atlanta, she taught English as a second language at The Epstein School, and later in several DeKalb County elementary schools. “If there was a revolution in that country, that’s where my new students came from,” she often said.
She met her future husband, Charles, on a blind date. They married in September 1963 and remained together for 57 years. Once in Atlanta, Sally quickly became part of the Jewish community as a member of Shearith Israel, Hadassah, and later Gesher L’Torah. Once she and Charles retired, they traveled the world, visiting Australia, New Zealand and Israel, and went on several cruises.
Sally was preceded in death by her parents, Evelyn and James Silver, husband, Charles, and son, Jimmy. She is survived by her son, Dan, and daughter-in-law, Valerie Nozick of Seattle, sisters, Martha and Jeanette Silver of Bayside, N.Y., and sister-in-law, Maxine McKeown of Las Vegas, Nev.
Funeral services were held at Crest Lawn Cemetery in Atlanta on Friday, Dec. 20, at 10:30 a.m. Shiva was held on Saturday, Dec. 21, from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. at: Congregation Gesher L’Torah, 4320 Kimball Bridge Rd, Alpharetta, GA 30022 In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Jimmy Goldgeier Scholarship Fund at Kennesaw State University, which honors the memory of Sally’s son by helping future architects pursue their dreams. Arrangements by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care, 770-451-4999.
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