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Thursday, March 09, 2000     Page: 5A

March 8, 2000 William G. Goss, 82, of Furnace Street, Shickshinny, died
Wednesday at home. Born April 18, 1917, in Bethel Hill, he was a son of the
late Shad and Sara (Wilkinson) Goss. He graduated from Dallas Township High
School. He retired as district manager after 15 years with AFLAC Insurance Co.
He also worked for other insurance companies and the state Department of
Revenue. He was a Luzerne County commissioner from 1964 to 1968, Luzerne
County treasurer from 1972 to 1974, a former chairman of the Luzerne County
Republican Party, past president of the Shickshinny Area Ambulance
Association, and a member of the First United Methodist Church of Shickshinny,
St. David’s Society, the Republican National Committee, the AARP, Osage Lodge,
IOOF; Sylvania Lodge, F&AM; Valley of Bloomsburg Scottish Rite Masons, Mount
Horeb Council 34; Shekinah Royal Arch Chapter 45; Dieu Le Veut Commandery 45
and Irem Temple AAONMS. Surviving are his wife, the former Marjorie Ide, whom
he married March 8, 1942; sons, Larry, East Rutherford, N.J.; and Dennis,
Shickshinny; three grandchildren; one great-grandson; and brother, Basil,
Williamsport. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday from the First
United Methodist Church of Shickshinny. The Rev. Dean A. Walrath and the Rev.
William Price, retired United Methodist minister, will officiate. Burial will
be in Pine Hill Cemetery, Shickshinny. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9
p.m. Friday at the church. Memorial donations may be made to the March of
Dimes or to a charity of the donor’s choice. Arrangements are by the Mayo
Funeral Home, Inc., 77 N. Main St., Shickshinny. Sylvania Lodge 354, F&AM,
will conduct Masonic services.