Patricia Goodall, 79, former Darien Republican Town Committee vice president

Monday, 26 October 2009 12:03

Patricia Goodall of Darien, a former Republican Town Committee vice chairman and Republican registration chairman, died Friday, Oct. 23, of cancer at the Richard Rosenthal Hospice Residence of Stamford Hospital. Mrs. Goodall, 79, was the wife of John L. Goodall of Darien.

Born in Amityville, N.Y., on November 6, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Stanley and Nellie Baldwin Ehle.

Mrs. Goodall graduated from Katherine Gibbs, New York, and worked for Time Life in New York and London, England. She was a member of the Time Life Alumni Society and the Country Club of Darien.

A 44-year resident of Darien, she was Darien’s Republican registration chairman, vice chairman of the Republican Town Committee for three terms, and a volunteer in school libraries and the Red Cross.

Besides her husband, Mrs. Goodall is survived by her daughters, Susan Goodall Tennant of New York and Lyme, and Katherine Nelson Enright of Needham, Mass.; and two grandsons, Peter and Cameron. She is also survived by her sister, Nellie Rasmussen of Amityville; and two nephews, Richard Rasmussen and John Rasmussen.

Burial will be private. Memorial donations may be made to the Richard L. Rosenthal Hospice Residence, 35 Shelburne Road, Stamford, CT 06902; or to Explorer Post 53, P.O. Box 2066, Darien, CT 06820.