Eva Mae (Huff) Goforth
Eva Mae (Huff) Goforth
Eva Mae (Huff) Goforth
1923-2015
Eva Mae (Huff) Goforth of Savannah, Missouri, died on May 20, 2015, after a brief illness.
She was born on Aug. 11, 1923, near Maryville, Missouri, to Floyd and Violet (Jenson) Huff. A number of aunts, uncles and cousins lived nearby, and the family remained close throughout their lives. After graduating from Horace Mann High School in Maryville, Eva was employed as office manager for a local auto dealership.
She married Byrl Goforth on July 25, 1953. They farmed and raised a family in Guilford, Missouri, before he died in 1990. Eva was active in Guilford United Methodist Church and later Eastside Baptist Church in St. Joseph.
Eva spent her life looking after her family and was constantly quilting and baking for other people (she was especially known for chocolate cake and apple dumplings). She played softball when she was young and was an avid fan of the Kansas City Royals. Eva followed current events closely and could discuss politics like a Washington insider.
She is survived by two children, Nancy (Mike) Kelly of Blue Springs and Alan (Sheri) Goforth of Lee’s Summit; four grandchildren, Kristin (Jacob) Jester of Litchfield Park, Ariz.; Brandon (Courtney) Kelly of Lee’s Summit; Jonathan Goforth of Lee’s Summit; Brittany Goforth of Lee’s Summit and her fiancé, Jesse Johnson of Raymore; two great-grandsons; Jude and Cruz Jester; a sister, Mary Coffelt of Maryville; and numerous nephews and nieces.
Tom and Barb VanderMolen of Savannah were her “adopted” children and made it possible for her to live alone in later years. Eva always enjoyed cooking Sunday dinner for them and her escapades with Barb.
Visitation will be at 1 p.m. and a memorial service at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 30, at Heaton-Bowman-Smith, 307 S. Sixth St. in Savannah. Burial will follow at Weathermon Cemetery in Guilford, Missouri.
Instead of flowers, family requests donations to Eastside Baptist Church (www.eastside.baptist-online.com) or Compel Church (www.compelchurch.com) in Glendale, Ariz., where Jacob Jester is the pastor.
