Margaret Eileen Brandon

1919 - 2017  (97 years)

• Name	Margaret Eileen Brandon  [1, 2]
  Birth	13 Apr 1919	Corvallis, Benton, Oregon   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	11 Feb 2017	Glens Falls, Warren, New York   [3]
  Burial	Pine View Cemetery, Queensbury, Warren, New York   [4]
  Person ID	I112783	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	16 Oct 2020

  
  

  Father	Henry Clay Brandon,   b. 1 Apr 1876, Daleville, Delaware, Indiana d. 12 Oct 1927, Corvallis, Benton, Oregon (Age 51 years)
  Mother	Vera Etta Haskell,   b. 22 Apr 1890, ..., Bureau, Illinois d. 19 Nov 1974, Corvallis, Benton, Oregon (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	5 Aug 1914	Forest Grove, Washington, Oregon   [5]
  Family ID	F14782	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Benjamin Hayward Goldy,   b. 4 Jul 1914, Columbus, Stillwater, Montana d. 9 Aug 2002 (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	25 Dec 1941	Upper Darby, Delaware, Pennsylvania   [2]
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Robert Benjamin Goldy,   b. 7 Jul 1958, Glens Falls, Warren, New York d. 2 Mar 2011 (Age 52 years)
  Family ID	F49104	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

• Notes

  The Post-Star (Glens Falls, NY) February 12, 2017 HUDSON FALLS — Margaret Goldy, 97, formerly of Linden Drive, passed away peacefully at Glens Falls Hospital on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017. Born on April 13, 1919 in Portland, Oregon, she was the daughter of the late Professor Henry and Dr. Vera (Haskell) Brandon. Margaret graduated from Corvallis High School, and continued her education at Oregon State University, earning a Bachelor of Science degree with high honors. She received her Master's Degree in nutrition from the University of Iowa Medical School, in Iowa City, Iowa. She met her future husband, Benjamin Goldy, while attending Oregon State. Benjamin and Margaret were married in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Dec. 25, 1941. They were married for 61 years before he passed away in 2002. Margaret went on to teach home economics at the Granville Central School for 12 years before her retirement. She lived for many years in Hudson Falls, and spent her winters in Bradenton, Florida. Margaret was a beautiful painter, and especially enjoyed painting landscapes in watercolor. She loved camping with her family, and traveling across the United States, Canada, Europe, New Zealand, and Australia. She spent many hours reading and sewing, and in her younger years she enjoyed biking and boating. Besides her parents, Margaret was predeceased by her husband, Benjamin Goldy; her son, Robert Goldy; her granddaughter, Cindy Bocchi; and her sisters, Ruth Stoebig and Dorothy Retzlaff. Margaret is survived by her two children, Sharon Bocchi, and her husband, William, of Rome; and Richard Goldy, and his wife, Diane, of Moreau; her grandchildren, Maria Brooks, and her husband, Tyson, Michael Bocchi, Timothy Bocchi, William Bocchi III, and his fiancée, Jenna Mitchell, Joshua Goldy, and his wife, Jennifer, Stephanie Beldon, and her husband, Christopher, Courtney Goldy, and Elise Goldy; her great grandchildren, Matthew Brooks, Travis and Dallas Kozak, Gracie Jane Bocchi, Max and Quinn Belden; and several nieces, nephews, and cousins.

  
  

• Sources

  [S43348] 1930 census, Oregon, Benton county. [S35547] Newsletter of the International Haskell Family Society, Vol 15 No 4, (December 2006). [S64592] Obituary, The Post-Star (Glens Falls, NY), Margaret Goldy, (February 12, 2017). [S58306] Cemetery index, Pine View Cemetery, Queensbury, Warren, New York, (Find-a-Grave). [S27363] Genealogy of the descendants of William Haskell and Mary Tybott, (compiled by Marion S. Anderson for the Haskell Family Association).