Ramona U. Gooch

Saturday, December 9, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. at Waters Funeral Chapel, 500 S. Main Street in Vandalia, Missouri.
Officiating will be: Revs. Bob Hoehn and Glenn Forman.
Music provided by:
Interment will be in Evergreen Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Vandalia, Missouri.
Pallbearers: Eddie Gooch, Mark Drainer, Shannon Culwell Jr., Michael Drainer, Justin Allen, Joey Hassien, Jason Craven, Dean Middleton and Chad Dempsey.

Ramona U. (Motley) Gooch passed away at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, December 5, 2006 at Tri-County Care Center in Vandalia, Missouri.

Born: June 19, 1916 in rural Audrain County, Missouri the daughter of Raymond Davis and Ruby Mae (Maxwell) Motley.

Married: Edward Eugene "Jack" Gooch on November 25, 1938; he preceded her in death on July 6, 1991.

Survivors include: three sons, Richard and wife, JoAn Gooch of Vandalia; William and wife, Carole Gooch of Kingston, Georgia; Robert Gooch of Vandalia; three daughters, Jean Ann Drainer of Farber; Linda and husband, Shannon Culwell of Vandalia; Rebecca and husband, John Allen of Columbia, Tennessee; four brothers, Roger Motley of Mexico; Robert Motley of Vandalia; Rudolph Motley of Texas and Ronnie Motley of Vandalia; two sisters, Ruth Atkinson of Vandalia and Rowena Kohl of Vandalia; 17 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren.

Preceded in death by: husband, Jack; one brother, Reginald Motley who died in infancy; three sisters, Rheva (Motley) Cragen, Regina Motley who died in infancy and a stillborn sister.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are encouraged to the American Diabetes Association, P O Box 1132, Fairfax, VA 22038-1132.