Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application. Open In Email Client. Send Flowers. Sugar grew up in Kern Place on Cincinnati Street. She graduated from Mills College in California with a degree in social work. She returned to El Paso after college and dedicated her life to promoting the city she loved.
She devoted her time to numerous boards and organizations she often helped create. Not long after she got her degree in social work, she saw that El Paso needed a chapter of the Texas Social Welfare Association, so she organized one.
Sugar was honored by many of the organizations she served. She was also active in the El Paso Council on Arts and Humanities and regularly attended the El Paso Symphony, local theatre productions, and the opera. She was also an avid advocate of the El Paso Library and served on its board for many years.
It consisted of giving back to the community in which she grew and thrived. Her home on Cincinnati Street was her place of rest and rejuvenation, and it was a haven for her beloved dogs. It reminded her of her extensive travel with photographs and mementos displayed throughout. But it was also a place that kept her grounded in what mattered most--where her strong values were formed and lived out throughout her life. Loyalty to family and friends, investment in community, an adventurous approach to new experiences, and an appreciation for her many blessings were the forces that drove Sugar.
She is survived by numerous cousins in California and in El Paso. Her loved ones acknowledge with gratitude two of her devoted caregivers, Marisela Aleman and Maria Esparza and also Lynn Barnard, who faithfully tended to and oversaw the care Sugar needed throughout her last years. All who wish to honor her are invited to attend. Donations can be made to a favorite charity. Services entrusted to Sunset Funeral Home West. Please visit our online register book at www. To send flowers to the family in memory of Gertrude Amelia "Sugar" Goodman, please visit our flower store.
