New Britain herald., 1929-10-25
JOHN AND FLORENCE GOING ID FUNERAL
Will Attend ObsequieS for Mrs
 Goodbue, Formers Grandmother
~(Sreclal to the Ierald)

PlaiaylIe, Oct. g5-John and Florense ,rrumbuD Coolidge vii! attendahc funeral ol Mrs. Lemira Goodhte, mother Of Mrs. Calvon Coolidge, it was learned today. Governor and Mrs. John II. Trum- bill wifi he unable to attend the funeral services at Northampton.
 Northampton, Mass, Oct @5 (UP) --Funeral services for Mrs Lemira Goodhue, So-year-old mother Of Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, will be held at Edwards Congregational church here t6morrow at Il q. m., il was announced today
 Nrs,- Goodme died at Cooley Dickinson hospital here last night after about 92 months illness.
 Though it was not announced, it was believed the Rev. James F. Armstrong, pastor O. Edwards church, would ofticiate at the serv- ices tom orrow. The body will be taken ~to Burlington, Vt. where Mrs. Goodhue spent her childhood, for bUrial Sunday at 9:30 a. m.
 Family at Bedside
 Northampton, Mass, Oct 25 P}- A little old lady who had gone Q the White House in 1924 to see her son-in-law inaugurated presi- dent, tbday had found release from two years illness. Her daughter, Mrs. Calvin Coolidge was at the bedside when the end came carry last night
 Of aurdy New England stock Mrs. INmira Goodhue remained in- tensely interested in the lives Of her distinguished kinsfolk. She spent swo months at the White House f@fter the inauguration. En- tering "the Dickinson hospital here in December. 1927, after an infu- enza attack. she remained mentally active uespite the infrmities of ill- ness a Id old age. She was SC years old. a
 Several times Mrs. Coolidge was summ9ed hurriedly from the White pHouse to her mothers bed side. Since the Cooldges' return to Northampton she has visited the hospit4 daily. The former presi- dent WAS at the hospital yesterday.
 Widow of Captain
 Mrs. Goodhuo was the widow Of Captaia Andrew Goodhue, a Lake Champaign steamboat inspector, and for many years lived in Burlington. Vt. She was born in Nashua, N. H. Following her husbands death in 1928, she sold her home and moved@ to Northampton to live in the Coolidge home.
 Her aparents were active member; Of the Congregational church and in recsnt years here Mrs. Goodhue was Irregular attendant of the Ed. wards Congregational church. walk Ing ths distance of a mile from her nome invariably every Sunday. Bn- fore her illness she took daily walks accompanied by her dog Beans" d Boston. terrier, Q. gift from the White -House.
 The -only child Of Captain and WITS toodhue, Grace, who became the vile of the president, was born January 2. 1879. In addition to Mrs. Coolidge, a sister Mrs. John K. Hasel Of Roxbury, Mass. and ] grandson. John Coolidge, of New Havenr Conn. survive.
 Descended From Pioneers
 Nrs' -Goodhue's father, Thomas A. Barrett and her mother, Clara tFretts1 Barrett. both traced tbair ancestry back to early New Hamn- shire pioneers. Her childhood was spent in Merrimack, x. IT.. and she attended the district school there In l8D the family moved to Rur- ilngtoh Vt. and within a few years she married Captain Goodhuo. He died oh April 25, 1923. at the ac. Of 75. ~ '''S '
 Since Mrs Cooljdgo's return from Washington on March ,, she Icf, Northappton only once and tho for mer president had said they woull make no plans 10 take them iron, the city as long as the condition Of Mrs, Goodhue remained unchanged