Goldie Jean Amber

Goldie “Jean” Amber (née Goodman), wife of 61 years to John Thomas Amber (deceased), passed away at their Alpharetta, Georgia home, on June 12, 2024, after a nine month battle with Cancer. She was 86.

Jean is survived by her three daughters and their husbands, Renee’ and John Buckingham, Leslye and Todd Schumacher and Andrea and Brian Cueny as well as her nine grandchildren: Lindsay Herterich (née Buckingham), Owen Herterich, Taylor Buckingham, Spencer Schumacher, Erin Swearingen, Ava Schumacher, Brooke Schumacher, Hudson Cueny and Ella Cueny. She also leaves behind her younger brother, Marvin Goodman and his wife Jane Goodman.

Jean met her beloved husband, John, at a cocktail party in 1962 while working as a Charge Nurse at Michael Reece Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. Wanting time together away from the boring party, the two spent the evening at the front door, making partygoers take their shoes off as they entered the apartment.

Jean grew up in Terre Haute, Indiana, is a graduate of Wiley High School and attended Indiana State University before entering nursing school in Chicago. In addition to working as a registered psychiatric nurse, she received her Bachelor’s degree from Thomas Moore College. Jean worked for Jewish Hospital - The Health Alliance of Cincinnati for 20 years and was responsible for launching and managing their first outpatient hospital psychiatric program before retiring in 2001.

Jean’s most proudest accomplishment was rearing three powerhouse daughters alongside John. Each one among the top of their respective fields. Jean was equally proud of the mother’s they have become, along with her beloved sons-in- law, raising caring and compassionate children who have brought her so much joy.

Known her to her grandchildren as both Nina and Bubby, Jean was a devoted grandmother, even when hundreds of miles separated them. In both her children and grandchildren, she instilled the love and importance of family and Jewish heritage and traditions. She often would remark and say “not bad for the grandchild of a man from a shtetl.

A graveside service will be held at Green Lawn Cemetery, 950 Mansell Road, Roswell, GA on Sunday, June 16, 2024 at 10am.

The family asks that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to either The Valley Temple Rabbi Discretionary Fund, 145 Springfield Pike, Cincinnati, OH 45215 or Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, www.HIAS.org.