Rosalie (Hammond) Goodrich

A Graveside Service for Rosalie will be held on Friday, August 26, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. at the Geneva Public Cemetery in Geneva, Nebraska with Pastor Tim Stacy presiding. There will be no visitation held as services for Rosalie were held prior to the Graveside Service in California. Memorials are to be directed to the family to be designated at a later date. Rosalie Hammond Goodrich, born Rosalie Hammond in March 29, 1935 in Geneva, Nebraska to James Waverly Hammond and Lela Rose Peterson. She had two brothers James Waverly Jr. and David Paul Hammond. She passed away on August 7, 2022 in California at age 87. Rosalie worked at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum in Washington D.C. for 25 years at the visitor information desk and was a hobbyist with painting, and needlepoint. She loved genealogy, tracing her family back to Jamestown and was a member of the D.A.R and the Colonial Dames. Her father J.W. Hammond was a Mason/Shriners for 70 years in Geneva and Lincoln having reached Grand Jester and her mother was a member of the Eastern Stars for 70 years. J.W. Hammonds was the Geneva County Attorney in 1930, was often deputized to help the sheriff chase moonshiners and gangsters coming down from Chicago. Being out gunned J.W. Hammond commissioned Geneva's first Tommy-gun to help law enforcement even the odds. Rosalie’s grandparents on her mother's side, Walford C. Peterson and Rosalie Chaney/Peterson lived in Geneva for many years in the historic J.M. Burk House with their 6 daughters and 3 brothers, owning several businesses in the Geneva area. Her other grandparents on her father’s side, Henry Hammond Jr. and Ada M. Bird/Hammond owned a barber shop for 55 years in Exeter, Nebraska. Her great grandfather Henry Hammond, civil war veteran involved in Sherman’s march to the sea, a G.A.R member of the 76th post and Nebraska pioneer along with his wife Catherine Drummond helped found the town of Exeter in 1871 with nothing more than $5 dollars, two oxen and a wagon. Her great grandfather James T. Bird was a carpenter out of Fairbury, Nebraska who helped build the Arbor Lodge in its earlier days. Rosalie is survived by her 2 sons David a long-time video game designer for Disney, Sony and Chip a West Point graduate, Airborne Ranger and 3 grandchildren. She will be greatly missed.

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Rosalie (Hammond) Goodrich

March 29, 1935 - August 7, 2022