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- The Times Union
November 1, 2005
ILION -- George F. Goldsmith Sr., 81, a former longtime Herkimer and Richfield Springs resident and most recently of London Towers, Ilion, passed away on Sunday, October 30, 2005 at the Mohawk Valley Nursing Home, Ilion.
He was born March 25, 1924 in Yorkville, N.Y., the son of the late Henry and Ruth (Myers) Goldsmith and was a graduate of Herkimer High School. He was married to the former Glenice Talbot, who preceded him in death in 1996. Mr. Goldmsith was a World War II Army veteran, enlisting on December 3, 1942 and was honorably discharged on January 15, 1946 with the rank of corporal, serving in the Burma Campaign. George was last employed at Remington Arms. Prior to that he worked for 26 years at the former Univac in Utica and at one time he worked at the former Remington Rand.
Mr. Goldsmith was a member of the Annunciation Church in Ilion. George was a singer for the Ilion Moose Lodge Men's Chorus and was a 50 year member of the Richfield Springs Fireman's Exempt Association, captain of the emergency squad, past president of the Herkimer County Volunteer Firemen's Association, the Richfield Springs Volunteer Fire Department and Scuba Rescue Squad and the Richfield Springs V.F.W.
Survivors include a son, George F. Goldsmith Jr. and his wife Jeanne of Latham, N.Y.; two daughters, Donna Trantham and her husband Doyle of Hendersonville, N.C. and Susan Mack and her husband Reverend Arthur Mack of Westland, Mich.; two brothers, Paul Goldsmith and his wife Gerry of Newport and Charles Goldsmith and his wife Betty of Utica; four sisters, Patricia Buttimer and her husband Thomas of Savannah, Ga., Ruth Stefanovich and her husband Stefan of Cambridge, N.Y., Sister Mary Jogues (Joan) of North Syracuse and Gertrude Lenczewski and her husband Leo of Jacksonville, Fla.; six grandchildren, two great-grandchildren; several nieces, nephews and cousins and in-laws, James Dougherty of Herkimer and Lois Goldsmith of Mohawk. He was predeceased by a sister, Ann Dougherty and two brothers, Harold and his wife Nancy and Henry Goldsmith and his loving companion, Addie Jewell.
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