Jeanne Liedel Goris, 71, died at 4:22 AM Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2001, at St. Elizabeth Medical Center; she had been a patient there since July 20 and in ill health the past year. She was born in Alton, IL, on Jan. 7, 1930. She had resided in Lafayette the past 49 years. On Sept. 9, 1962, she married James A. Goris in Chicago, and he survives.
Mrs. Goris was a graduate of Hyde Park High School in Chicaago, attended Canterbury College in Danville, University of Illinois in Champaign, IL, and received both her bachelor's and master's degrees from Purdue University. She was a member of the Lafayette Christian Reformed Church and had been in charge of the nursery program at church. She was a member of Tippecanoe Benton Retired Teachers Association and Delta Kappa Gamma sorority, and Phi Kappa Phi, Tri Kappa, Alpha Theta Epsilon sororities. She was the recipient of the Valley Forge Teachers Medal and the Gov. Evan Bayh Distinguished Hoosier Award.
Surviving with her husband is a daughter, Kym (Mrs. Tim) Kelly of Lafayette; and three grandchildren, Amy, Jason and Joel Kelly. Preceded in death by a son, Mark A. Goris in July, 1987. Service Sept. 20 at Hippensteel Chapel, the Rev. Gerald DeVries officiating; internment Tippecanoe Memory Gardens.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier - Wed 9/19/2001
Mrs. Goris was a graduate of Hyde Park High School in Chicaago, attended Canterbury College in Danville, University of Illinois in Champaign, IL, and received both her bachelor's and master's degrees from Purdue University. She was a member of the Lafayette Christian Reformed Church and had been in charge of the nursery program at church. She was a member of Tippecanoe Benton Retired Teachers Association and Delta Kappa Gamma sorority, and Phi Kappa Phi, Tri Kappa, Alpha Theta Epsilon sororities. She was the recipient of the Valley Forge Teachers Medal and the Gov. Evan Bayh Distinguished Hoosier Award.
Surviving with her husband is a daughter, Kym (Mrs. Tim) Kelly of Lafayette; and three grandchildren, Amy, Jason and Joel Kelly. Preceded in death by a son, Mark A. Goris in July, 1987. Service Sept. 20 at Hippensteel Chapel, the Rev. Gerald DeVries officiating; internment Tippecanoe Memory Gardens.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier - Wed 9/19/2001
Jeanne Liedel Goris, 71, died at 4:22 AM Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2001, at St. Elizabeth Medical Center; she had been a patient there since July 20 and in ill health the past year. She was born in Alton, IL, on Jan. 7, 1930. She had resided in Lafayette the past 49 years. On Sept. 9, 1962, she married James A. Goris in Chicago, and he survives.
Mrs. Goris was a graduate of Hyde Park High School in Chicaago, attended Canterbury College in Danville, University of Illinois in Champaign, IL, and received both her bachelor's and master's degrees from Purdue University. She was a member of the Lafayette Christian Reformed Church and had been in charge of the nursery program at church. She was a member of Tippecanoe Benton Retired Teachers Association and Delta Kappa Gamma sorority, and Phi Kappa Phi, Tri Kappa, Alpha Theta Epsilon sororities. She was the recipient of the Valley Forge Teachers Medal and the Gov. Evan Bayh Distinguished Hoosier Award.
Surviving with her husband is a daughter, Kym (Mrs. Tim) Kelly of Lafayette; and three grandchildren, Amy, Jason and Joel Kelly. Preceded in death by a son, Mark A. Goris in July, 1987. Service Sept. 20 at Hippensteel Chapel, the Rev. Gerald DeVries officiating; internment Tippecanoe Memory Gardens.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier - Wed 9/19/2001
Mrs. Goris was a graduate of Hyde Park High School in Chicaago, attended Canterbury College in Danville, University of Illinois in Champaign, IL, and received both her bachelor's and master's degrees from Purdue University. She was a member of the Lafayette Christian Reformed Church and had been in charge of the nursery program at church. She was a member of Tippecanoe Benton Retired Teachers Association and Delta Kappa Gamma sorority, and Phi Kappa Phi, Tri Kappa, Alpha Theta Epsilon sororities. She was the recipient of the Valley Forge Teachers Medal and the Gov. Evan Bayh Distinguished Hoosier Award.
Surviving with her husband is a daughter, Kym (Mrs. Tim) Kelly of Lafayette; and three grandchildren, Amy, Jason and Joel Kelly. Preceded in death by a son, Mark A. Goris in July, 1987. Service Sept. 20 at Hippensteel Chapel, the Rev. Gerald DeVries officiating; internment Tippecanoe Memory Gardens.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier - Wed 9/19/2001
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