Obituary of Dorothy Goshen

GOSHEN, DOROTHY formerly of West Chester, Trooper, Lafayette Hill and Linden St. in Philadelphia, on June 21, 2010 at Pembrooke Nursing Home. Age 100. Daughter of the late Levi C. and Bessie (nee Douglass) Swinehart, she was born in Anselma, PA. She was a hairdresser and worked for Wyeth Laboratories in Malvern. Dorothy enjoyed the Fiddler''s picnic, dancing and the casinos. Beloved wife of the late Norman Goshen. Survived by her sister, Elizabeth Wickersham, nephew, Charles E. Merreth, 3 nieces: Joan Aquilante, Lynne Donches, and Diane Stenstrom and several generations of great nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her sister, Ruth F. Merreth.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Pembrooke Nursing Home, 1130 W. Chester Pike West Chester, PA 19382 or the Chester County SPCA 1212 Phoenixville Pike, West Chester, PA 19380.