Florence Goddard, 70, of Noblesville, died March 28, 2014 surrounded by her family at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. Born Aug. 22, 1943 in Bonny Blue, Va., she was the daughter of Bill and Dorthy (Copeland) Childs.
She worked as a parts builder for Firestone for 35 years.
Survivors include her husband, James H. Goddard; children, James H. Goddard Jr., Debra Lynn (Dan) Goddard-Dollarhide and Jason Reed (Sheila) Goddard; sisters, Virginia Whipple, Patricia (Jim) Story and Linda (Fred) Deaver; brother, Bill (Sue) Childs; sister-in-law, Suzie Childs; grandchildren, Nicholas and Ashley Harris and Jason Reed Goddard Jr; and great-grandchildren, Mallory Lynn and Matthew Warren Moody.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, Billy Ray Childs; and brother-in-law, Larry Whipple.
Funeral services were held April 1 at Randall & Roberts Funeral Home, 1150 Logan St., Noblesville, with the Rev. David Rogers officiating. Burial followed at Oaklawn Memorial Gardens in Indianapolis.
