Pauline was raised on
a dairy farm in Rushford and was a 1950 graduate of Rushford Central School.
She attended Buffalo State College and graduated from LaSalle University in
Chicago with a degree in Interior Design. She was an interior designer in New
York and Pennsylvania for 30 years. She also was an instructor of Interior
Design at Niagara University.
She enjoyed music and played the trombone for her high
School band, and in 1944 she joined the Rushford Concert Band. She was a
charter member of the Rushford Historical Society and in 2006 she founded the
“Band Room” at the Historical Society Building in Rushford. She toured for 13
years with the Bergholz Blasapelle for October Fest all over the United States,
Canada and Europe.
Surviving in addition to her husband are five children, Ann
Celeste (Dane) Ererton of Watkins Glen, Vance (Bonnie) Goldsmith of Homosassa,
Florida, Beth Goldsmith of Allegany, Paul “Jamie” Goldsmith and Lance “Ric”
Goldsmith both of Arcade, seven grandchildren, Simon, Amber, Terra, Sophia,
Neil, Madison and Jillian, two step daughters, Mary Liz (Steve) Lewis of
Andover and Anne Marie King of Allentown, a brother, David James of Cookeville,
Tennessee, as well as one niece and one nephew.
A reception is being planned and will be announced at a
later date. Please consider memorial donations to the Allentown United
Methodist Church. To leave online condolences, please visit www.embserfuneralhome.com.
UPDATE: Friends are invited to a memorial dinner on
Saturday, July 1, 2017 at noon, at the Allentown United Methodist Church. A
graveside service will follow at the family cemetery on White Hill. Please
consider memorial donations to the Allentown United Methodist Church. To leave
online condolences, please visit www.embserfuneralhome.com.
