Florence Goddard, 70, of Noblesville, passed away surrounded by her family on Friday, March 28, 2014 at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. She was born on August 22, 1943 to Bill and Dorthy (Copeland) Childs in Bonny Blue, Virginia.
Florence worked as a parts builder for Firestone for 35 years.
She is survived by her loving 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; three grandchildren, Nicholas & Ashley Harris, and Jason Reed Goddard Jr; two great-grandchildren, Mallory Lynn & 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.
Services will be held at 12:00 noon on Tuesday, April 1, 2014, at Randall & Roberts Funeral Home, 1150 Logan Street, in Noblesville, with visitation beginning at 10:00 am until the time of service. Pastor David Rogers will officiate. Burial will be at Oaklawn Memorial Gardens in Indianapolis.