Ethel L. Gould, 88, of 72 Edgewood Road, Bradford, passed away Saturday, April 22, 2017 at The Pavilion at BRMC.
Born in Bradford, on July 5, 1928, she was a daughter of the late Lucinda (Kline) Weaver and James Franklin Weaver. She was a 1946 graduate of Bradford High School.
On November 14, 1947 she married Raymond J. Gould Sr., who died December 2, 1975.
Ethel worked as a secretary at Harold Gould Contractors, later as a home health care worker for area families and cleaned homes and offices. She retired from Quaker State.
She attended the First Free Methodist Church. She enjoyed going to bingo, gardening, cooking meals for family and friends, but most especially loved spending time with her family and grandchildren.
Surviving are two daughters, Deborah A. Matlak, of Lake City, Cynthia L. Tyler, of Tulsa OK, two sons Raymond J. Gould Jr., of Lakewood OH, and Jeffrey (Roxane) Gould, of Bradford, seven sisters, Shirley Confer, of Bradford, Mary Jane Buchanan, of Jacksonville NC, Delsie Wingard, of Warren, Helen Miller, of Lewis Run, Norma Jean Lee, of Bradford, Martha Bailey, of Derrick City, and Linda Barrett, of Lafayette, 9 grandchildren, 9 great grandchildren, and one great great granddaughter and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, one son Kevin A. Gould and two brother’s Jacob and James Weaver and two sister’s Aletta Buchanan, and Pearl Sloan.
Family will be receiving friends on Friday April 28, 2017, from 2-4pm and 6-8pm in the Hollenbeck-Cahill Funeral Homes Inc. 33 South Ave., Bradford, and again on Saturday from 10:00am to 11:00am, at 11:00am funeral and committal services will be held with Rev. Robert Brest, Pastor officiating. Burial will be in McKean Memorial Park.
Memorial contributions, if desired, may be made to American Cancer Society 2115 West 38th St. Erie, PA 16508 or American Kidney Fund, Inc. 6110 Executive Blvd. Rockville, MD 20852, or American Diabetes Association P.O. Box 11454, Alexandria VA, 22312.
Online condolences may be made at www.hollenbeckcahill.com