Jill Goldman Obituary, Redding CT, Family And Friends Mourns

May 2024 · 2 minute read
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Jill Goldman Obituary, Death – Goldman, Jill Ann Rashkis 12 December 1941 – 20 March 2023 Raleigh, North Carolina – On Monday, March 20, 2023, Jill Ann Rashkis Goldman passed away quietly while sleeping. She is and will always be incredibly loved. On December 12, 1941, Zora Mendelsohn Rashkis and Herbert Mendelsohn welcomed Jill into the world in Cleveland, Ohio. When her mother Zora married Mel Rashkis, she ended up receiving another great and dedicated father after her beloved father “Daddy Herb” passed away when she was seven years old.

She was raised in Cleveland, Ohio, and used to declare that she would marry a horse. However, when an undergraduate at Washington University in St. Louis, she met and fell in love with a medical student named Alan Goldman. Although Jill loved Alan, she wasn’t a fan of the weather in St. Louis, so she and Alan moved to Raleigh with their three children, Brian, Betsy, and Melissa.

Along the way, she lived in Beaufort, South Carolina, gave birth to two of her children, and married Alan in the Navy on Paris Island. Jill was able to pursue her passions in North Carolina: reading, gardening, hiking, gardening, swimming laps, joining the gourmet club, baking bread that won an NC State Fair prize, returning to college to earn a Summa Cum Laude degree in Spanish, volunteering at the NC State Veterinary School, and most importantly, spending time with her beloved dogs, Peppo, Poco, Scooter, Rosie, Ronin, and Jamie.

She loved seeing her grandchildren play basketball, soccer, and football. She had a strong love for trees, the outdoors, birds, and being kind to everyone, but especially to animals. She genuinely embodied her principles. Her favorite musician was her husband Alan, who played the banjo; Buddy Holly came in second. Alan, Jill’s spouse, and Brian, their son, passed away before her. Her brother Peter Rashkis, daughters Betsy Goldman and Melissa Rouse, grandsons Ben and Jared Goldman, Austin and Jake Rouse, and son-in-law Scott Rouse and Michele Goldman survive her.

Thursday, March 23, 2023, at 2:30 PM, there will be funeral services at Temple Beth Or, located at 5301 Creedmoor Road. Jill would have preferred flowers, but she also cherished WUNC and Best Friends Animal Society. Or please think about adopting a rescue animal in her honor.

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