Sherman F. Goldsberry

Date of Death: October 16, 2011

Sherman F. Goldsberry, 73, of Lafayette, died at 6:18 PM Sunday, October 16, 2011 at his residence.
He was born August 24, 1938, in Kokomo, to the late Harry F. and Pearl A. Cole Goldsberry.
He served in the United States Army from August 8, 1958 to April 2, 1967. He served in Vietnam and received a Purple Heart and the Bronze Star.
He graduated from Kokomo High School and attended Ivy Tech.
On May 22, 1962 he married Dorothy Seidl in Munich, Germany and she survives.
Sherman worked as a maintenance mechanic at Duke energy for 28 years before retiring in 1999 and for the past 5 years has worked as an assembler for Walmart.
He was a member of St. Paul Community Church, American Legion Post #11, VFW in Kokomo, and enjoyed bowling, golfing, fishing, and watching his grandchildren in their sports. He was a wonderful husband, father and grandfather and enjoyed spending time with his close friends.
Surviving along with his wife are a son Terry Michael Goldsberry (wife Beth) of Lafayette, a daughter
Melissa A. Martin of West Lafayette, 3 grandchildren, 2 step grandchildren and 1 great granddaughter.
He was preceded in death by a sister.
Visitation will be 2 hours prior to the service at 3:00 pm on Thursday, October 20, 2011 with American Legion Post #11 rights at Soller-Baker Lafayette Chapel 400 Twyckenham Blvd. Lafayette, IN 47909. Rev. Dr. Clayton Kendall will be officiating.
Those wishing may contribute to the St. Paul Community Church in Sherman?s memory.

Soller-Baker Funeral Homes, Inc.

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Although I am not an acquaintance of Mr. Goldsberry or his wife, my brother, Denny Oland was a long-time childhood friend of Terry Goldsberry, and Melissa was a year behind me at McCutcheon High School. My thoughts and prayers are with the Goldsberry family. I am sincerely sorry for your loss. May you find strength in this time of need and peace will follow. God Bless your family.

Cari Oland-Holt

Dorothy & family,

We could not have ask for better neighbors.
Sherman will be missed greatly, but never be forgotten.
So deeply sorry for your loss.

John, Kelly & Emma Williams

To the Goldsberry Family,

I am so sorry for your loss. Sherman was a pleasure to get to know and to take care of. I loved being able to joke with him, even when he was feeling his worst he would still give it back to me. I will miss him, and I will miss seeing you Dorothy.

Please accept my deepest sympathy,

Sincerely,

Lori

Dorothy,

I am so sorry for the loss of your husband. My prayers are with you.
I worked with you at Penney&s if you fogot who I am, but I wanted to let you know
how sorry I was for your loss.

Peggy Puetz

Sherm, Harold, Milt, and I bowled in a city league together at Market Square. Gary Desenfants invited me to sub and then I became a regular on the team. Later my brother Ken joined us occasionally. It was always enjoyable: the laughter, the friendly bets, the competition. We may not have come in first but we were always up at the top. He would get so frustrated when everyone, but him, threw strikes in a frame. :-)
Sincerely,
""Argo""

Peace of mind is a call away. We’re here when you need us most.

I worked in the 3rd Street Office for Public Service IN now Duke and retired in 2005.
I always appreciated ""Sherm"" because he was respectful to all the girls. He was a gentleman, quiet, and faithful to the job at hand. I never heard him complain about his work. He will be missed by many. Glad I had the opportunity to know him at work.

My thoughts and prayers are with you during these difficult times.

Dear Dorothy and family,
We were saddened by the news of Sherm&s death. We have followed the reports of his illness over the past several months. We pray for your family and that you will have the strength during this most difficult time. We always enjoyed seeing him and being around such a joyful person who made everyone feel at ease. We know that you will always remember him with fond memories. While we are not able to be at the funeral, please know that our thoughts are with you and we pray that his memory will be eternal.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Azar, Terre Haute

Just a note to let you know how sorry I am for you losing your husband, dad and grand-dad.
Sherm and I were very good friends during our High School days at KHS in Kokomo, Indiana. You can stand tall and be proud of him for serving this great Country of ours.
Hugs and prayers to all of you, and God bless his memory.

A class mate,
Elaine (Thatcher) Welch

Dorothy, I was so sorry to hear about Sherm. I read it in the paper this morning.
I will be working so will not be able to be there for the visitation or service. Dad and Mom unfortunatley will not be able to make it either and asked me to send thier condolences. I can&t imagine what your feeling and justo hope it helps to know your being thought of. Theresa

Please accept our deepest condolences for your family's loss.