Cecil I. Goehner

CECIL I. GOEHNER, age 84, of 133 Lake Road, Dryden, NY passed away Wednesday. December 10, 2008 at the Cayuga Medical Center surrounded by loving family members. Mrs. Goehner was born in McGraw, NY a daughter of the late Cleon and Iva Stafford Stevens. On July 7, 1943 she was married to Elmer Goehner and resided in Dryden for most of the rest of her life. She was an avid gardener and worked with her husband in building and remodeling homes and apartments. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother and sister.

Survivors include her husband, Elmer of Dryden; her sons, Jerry Goehner of Whitehall, WI and Max (Bonnie) Goehner of Dryden; her daughter, Judy Tynyk of Newfield, NY; sixteen grandchildren; twenty-one great-grandchildren; eight great great-grandchildren; a brother, Robert (Lois) Stevens of Cortland; a daughter-in-law, Barbara Goehner of Ithaca; a sister-in-law, Marilla Stevens of Cortland; nieces; nephews; cousins and her pet bunny, "Gorgeous". She was predeceased by a son, Leslie Goehner; a brother, Leslie Stevens; a sister, Laura Woodard; a grandson, Michael Goehner and a great great-grandson, August Prosser.

Cecil’s family will be present to receive their friends from 2 to 4 PM Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008 at the Perkins Funeral Home, 55 West Main St., Dryden. Services and burial will be held at a later time. Friends wishing to remember Mrs. Goehner are asked to consider a memorial to a charity of their own choice. www.perkinsfunealhome.com