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Pearl R Schaaf Goldenstein
8 Feb 1923 – 6 Oct 2014
| Birth | 8 Feb 1923 |
| Death | 6 Oct 2014 |
| Cemetery | Lincoln Memorial Park Lincoln , Lancaster County , Nebraska , USA |
| Added by | Sam134 on 09 Aug 2021 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136985290 |
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LINCOLN — Pearl R. Goldenstein, 91, of Lincoln passed away Monday, Oct. 6, 2014. She was born Feb. 8, 1923, in Hall County to Henry A. and Rosa (Stoppkotte) Schaaf. She graduated from Grand Island High School in 1940. In 1947, she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hastings College and moved to Pueblo, Colo., to teach. She later taught in Grand Island and was principal of Dodge School for five years. She earned a master's degree in Education from the University of Nebraska in 1955 and began serving as elementary consultant for the Nebraska Department of Education. She married Erwin H. Goldenstein on Aug. 26, 1961, and for several years focused her energy on her role as wife, mother, grandmother and caregiver to her own mother. She was elected to two terms on the Lincoln school board, beginning in 1973, and served as both vice president and president. She was an advocate of equality of educational access for all and a strong supporter of multicultural education and women's sports. A longtime member of American Lutheran Church in Lincoln, she attended World Council of Churches assemblies in Sweden and Brazil. She was the Coordinator of Tabitha Home's Meals on Wheels program. She worked as Resource Coordinator for the Nebraska Synod of the ELCA and served as the Synod's Vice President. She was a recipient of the Lincoln YWCA Tribute to Women award and the UNL Teacher's College Distinguished Alumni award. Pearl was a firm believer in the equality, dignity and worth of all people, and in the power of education to improve the life of both the individual and the society. Pearl lived in Bickford Cottage for the last 15 years of her life. Her family would like to recognize the excellent care and love she received from the staff there, especially from her granddaughter, Kari Bartholomew. She is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Ronald D. and Karen Goldenstein of Lincoln, Jeffrey A. and Ingrid Goldenstein of Iowa City, Iowa; a daughter, Diana Johnson of Osceola; nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Erwin; infant twin brothers, Henry and Arthur; and a son-in-law, Waldean Johnson. Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at American Lutheran Church, 4200 Vine St., Lincoln, with Pastor Henry Thorberg officiating. Prior private family committal. Visitation with family present from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Roper and Sons, 4300 'O' Street, Lincoln. Memorials in lieu of flowers to the church, Gamble-Goldenstein scholarship fund at UNL, and Alzheimer's Association.
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