She was born in Jefferson City to Herman Goedde and Mathilda Schwaller Goedde. Survivors include one brother, Herman Goedde, St. Louis. She served for many years as an administrative assistant with the Missouri Public Service Commission. She was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church; St. Ann's Sodality; Daughters of Isabella; St. Marys Medical Center Auxiliary; a fifty-year member of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority; and served as organist at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and St. Peter Catholic Church for many years. Memorials are suggested to Divine Word Seminary, Techny, IL 60082; Notre Dame Foreign Mission, 320 E. Ripa, St. Louis, MO 63125; or Masses at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 1206 E. McCarty Street, Jefferson City, MO 65101. She was a 1931 graduate of St. Peter High School.