It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Bede Gooch of Mount Vernon, Illinois, who passed away at the age of 101, on November 7, 2022. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Bede Gooch to show support.

She was loved and cherished by many people including : her parents, Homer Piercy and Anna Piercy; her siblings, Allene Morgan and Paul Piercy; her husband Jay Doyle Gooch; her children, Richard Paul Gooch of Palo Alto, CA, Carol Sue Westerman of Naples and Sherwin Jay Gooch of San Jose, CA.; her grandchildren, Stuart Jay Westerman of Austin, TX, Androcles "Andy" Seymour Gooch of Sunnyvale, CA and Iris Lovee of Sacramento, CA.; her nieces, Linda Williams, Peggy Clymer, Jean Lofflin, Sharon Taylor and Joyce Mann; and her nephew Jack Piercy.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that contributions be made in Bede's memory to the First Presbyterian Church of Urbana, IL.

Funeral arrangement under the care of
Hughey Funeral Home