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- Obit: News-Gazette (Champaign-Urbana, Illinois) December 6, 2017
EUREKA – Verda E. Good, 97, of Eureka, formerly of Rantoul, died on the evening of Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017, at Select Care, formerly Maple Lawn Health Center, in Eureka.
She was born Jan. 20, 1920, in Miami Township, Ind., a daughter of Leander and Wilma (Smeltzer) Hershberger. She married Lloyd Good on June 11, 1944, in Nappanee, Ind. He preceded her in death on Oct. 3, 2010.
She is survived by three children, Nicholas (Judith Kooser) Good of Topeka, Kan., Katrina (Carl Cline) Good of Rantoul and Jeff (Kendra) Good of rural Fisher; a daughter-in-law, Dawn Good of Rantoul; and a sister, Gladys Cone of South Bend, Ind., who turned 100 in October. Also surviving are eight grandchildren, Leah (Brad) Hunsburger of Goshen, Ind., Anna (Ben Larson) Good of Champaign, Jacob (Gaby Vallejos) Good of Rantoul, Jeremy Good of Rantoul, Laura (Chris) Fondia of Champaign, Caleb (Brittany) Good of Fisher, Johannah (Kyle) Dietrich of Highlands Ranch, Colo., and Amelia Good of Lenexa, Kan.; and three great-grandchildren.
Her parents, husband, two brothers, three sisters and her son, Pete Good, preceded her in death.
Verda received her teaching certificate from Goshen College and moved to Illinois, where she taught in a number of one-room schoolhouses in the Dewey and Fisher area prior to her marriage to Lloyd. In 1972, she earned her bachelor's degree in education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She taught remedial reading at Ludlow Grade School, Ludlow, for many years and was a member of the Delta Kappa Gamma sorority.
Verda was a member of East Bend Mennonite Church, Fisher, for over 70 years and was active as an elder, librarian, teacher and member of the women's sewing circle. She served on many committees and task forces of the Illinois Mennonite Conference.
Verda was an accomplished seamstress and spent many hours in retirement working with friends and family on a wide range of quilting and needlework projects. She and her husband had a deep love of music and ensured that all of their children had opportunities to receive musical training.
She maintained a large garden, and one of her favorite activities was bird-watching. She was a farm wife who was also always a volunteer, from teaching English to Vietnamese students and hosting U of I foreign exchange students to reading aloud to residents at Maple Lawn Health Center.
There will be a memorial service at noon Saturday, Dec. 9, 2017, at East Bend Mennonite Church, Fisher, preceded by visitation with the family from 10 a.m. to noon.
The family requests memorials to Little Eden Camp (Onekama, Mich.) or to East Bend Mennonite Women in lieu of other expressions of sympathy.
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1920 - 2017 (97 years)
