The geraniums in the sun room, the peonies on the garden path are in full bloom, the fifty-year-old trees are in full leaf, the pasture is greener than ever, but Marj will not be coming home to enjoy them.
Marjorie Rosenblatt Goodman died Sunday morning, June 21, 1998, at the University Hospital after a long battle against a disease most of us had never heard of--Giant Cell Arteritis.Marj was born August 3, 1917, in Salt Lake City to Morris and Mollie Rosenblatt, attended local grammar schools and graduated from East High and Roland Hall. She attended Wellesly College and Stanford University, graduating from Stanford with a bachelor's degree in English Literature. She was long active in Utah affairs, she was a member of the Utah State Mental Health Board, the Sarah Daft Home, and Oakwood School P.T.A. She was a board member of the Art Barn, the Utah Fine Arts Council, and the Share Food Pantry. She was an active member of The Temple B'nai Israel Sisterhood. She was a generous supporter of the University of Utah Hospital, Ballet West, the Utah Symphony, and the Salvation Army.
She married Jack Goodman, a journalist, on May 10, 1942. Their children are Nathaniel, Kathryn (Hudson) Reynolds, San Antonio, FL; and Jean Evelyn (James) Bailard, Carpinteria, CA. Grandchildren are Jill and Emily Bailard, Hudson and Morris Reynolds. Survivors also include brother, Donald (Jacqueline) Rosenblatt, Salt Lake City; cousins, Barbara Burnett, Esther Landa, and Bernard (Sally) Rosentlatt; uncle and aunt, Joseph and Evelyn Rosenblatt.
The family would like to thank the medical and nursing staff at the University Hospital. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to the University of Utah Medical Center.
Funeral service will be 11 a.m. on Wednesday, June 24, 1998 at Evans and Early Mortuary, 574 East 100 South with Rabbi Frederick Wenger officiating. Friends are invited to visit with the family at the Salt Lake Country Club following the service. Private interment will be at B'nai Israel Cemetery.
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