Funeral services for Elvira Goodwin, 78, of Early, will be held at 2 PM on Sunday, May 5, in the Netherton Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Brian Hall officiating. Interment will follow in Jenkins Springs Cemetery under the direction of Netherton Funeral Home and Cremations. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 PM on Saturday, May 4, at the funeral home.

Mrs. Goodwin passed away on Monday, April 29, 2013, at the Community Hospital in San Angelo .

Elvira Johanna Woerner was born on May 3, 1934, in Fredericksburg Texas , the youngest daughter of five girls and two boys born to Edmund Woerner and Selima (Neffendorf) Woerner. She married James Goodwin in January of 1955; he preceded her in death on March 24, 1992. Elvira had worked as a sewing machine operator for over 20 years at Brownwood Manufacturing and had lived in Brownwood for the last 55 years. She was a devoted mother, a loving grandmother, a doting great-grandmother and will be dearly missed by those that knew and loved her.

Those left behind to cherish her memory are her children; Virginia and Dennis Sanderson of Early, Jimmy Goodwin, Mike and Pam Goodwin and Linda Westerman, all of Brownwood, grandchildren; Melissa Sanderson-Taylor of Brownwood, Elizabeth and Brett Stephens of Comanche, James Sanderson of Lamesa, Kevin Sanderson of Santa Anna, Angela Sanderson of Temple, Daniel Sanderson of Early, Justin and Amanda Goodwin of Brownwood and Lacey Westerman of Brownwood. She is also survived by 9 great-grandchildren; one sister, Olga Kothe and special niece, Glenda Kothmann, both of Fredericksburg .

She was preceded in death by her husband of 37 years, James Goodwin; her parents, Edmund and Selima Woerner; son-in-law Elmore Westerman; four sisters, two brothers and her parents-in-law, Jack and Mary Goodwin.

Friends and family members are invited and encouraged to sign the online guestbook at www.nethertonfuneralhome.com