Mary Peggy Margaret Goff

Miss Mary Margaret “Peggy” Goff – a native and lifelong resident of Mobile, AL died Wednesday, March 30, 2011 in a local health care facility. Miss Goff was a member of St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church. She was a 1944 graduate of Bishop Toolen High School and graduated from Webster College in St. Louis, MO in 1948. She earned her teaching certification from the University of Alabama and her Master’s in Education from the University of South Alabama. Miss Goff retired from McGill-Toolen Catholic High School after 46 years of service having served as teacher, coach, assistant principal, and counselor. She was inducted into the McGill-Toolen Hall of Fame in 2009. She was preceded in death by her parents, Michael Joseph and Martha Ellen Mitchell Goff; two brothers, Michael Joseph Goff, Jr. and Lawrence Vincent Goff, Sr.; and two sisters, Dorothy Taylor and Catherine Louise Johnson. Miss Goff is survived by her brothers and sisters, William Edward “Billy” Goff, Sr., Thomas Alphonse “Tommy” (Lois) Goff, Sr., Elizabeth Ann “Betty” (Richard) Wampler, Martha Patricia “Pat” (John) Wilcox, Agnes Rosalie (Phil) Hrabar, Judith Elaine (Michael) Courtney, Charles Richard (Martha) Goff, Sr., Joan Cecelia (E.T.) Rolison, Marilyn Theresa (Ellis) Courtney, and Mitchell James “Mickey” (Diane) Goff, Sr.; her dearest friend, Melgwin Miller; one sister-in-law, Jane Goff; many nieces, nephews, and other relatives. Miss Goff’s family wishes to express their thanks and appreciation to the staff of Cogburn Health Care, especially Nurse Sharon, for the loving care which they showed to Peggy. The family will receive friends from 5 P.M. until 8 P.M. on Friday, April 1, 2011 at Radney Funeral Home, Dauphin Street, with the Rosary at 7 P.M. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 A.M. on Saturday, April 2, 2011 from St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the McGill-Toolen Catholic High School Scholarship Fund in memory of Peggy Goff. Interment will be in Catholic Cemetery.