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Elenora Dugosh Goodley
February 13, 1937 ~ April 13, 2020
Elenora Dugosh Goodley passed away in Helotes on Monday, April 13, 2020 at the age of 83. Known to her friends as “Casey.”
She was born in Bandera on Feb. 13, 1937 to Hubert Dugosh and Catherine Laskowski.
Elenora is survived by her three loving daughters Lori A. Pierce, Joan A. Malarchuk and Bonnie J. Goodley-Biasiolli; nine grandchildren Sarah, Kimberley, Jennifer and Michael Pierce, Samantha and Colby Biasiolli, and Kelly, Jed and Dallyn Malarchuk; three brothers Roy, Richard and Danny; and six sisters Elizabeth, Albina, Josephine, Lucille, Mary and Genevieve; along with many nieces and nephews.
She is preceded in death by her dear husband, her parents and siblings Ignatius, Rosalie and Conrad.
Elenora Dugosh became an airline stewardess for Continental after graduating high school and was also named Miss Continental. She retired when she married Col. John. R. Goodley on June 7, 1961.
Elenora was amongst the first descendants of the original immigrants that established St. Stanislaus Catholic Parish in Bandera. She also made it official that Bandera become “The Cowboy Capital of the World.”
Elenora was a founding member of the current Polish American Council of Texas (PACT), the first Poland/USA International Ambassador for the city and county of Bandera, a member of the Father Leopold Moczygemba Foundation, founder of the Bandera County Sister Partnership with Strzelce Opolskie, Poland and
co-chair of the Bandera County Historical Commission.
A service will be held at a later date with Porter Loring Mortuary North, San Antonio.
A small service will also be held at a later date in Bandera, followed by interment with her husband at the Air Force Academy Cemetery in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
She was born in Bandera on Feb. 13, 1937 to Hubert Dugosh and Catherine Laskowski.
Elenora is survived by her three loving daughters Lori A. Pierce, Joan A. Malarchuk and Bonnie J. Goodley-Biasiolli; nine grandchildren Sarah, Kimberley, Jennifer and Michael Pierce, Samantha and Colby Biasiolli, and Kelly, Jed and Dallyn Malarchuk; three brothers Roy, Richard and Danny; and six sisters Elizabeth, Albina, Josephine, Lucille, Mary and Genevieve; along with many nieces and nephews.
She is preceded in death by her dear husband, her parents and siblings Ignatius, Rosalie and Conrad.
Elenora Dugosh became an airline stewardess for Continental after graduating high school and was also named Miss Continental. She retired when she married Col. John. R. Goodley on June 7, 1961.
Elenora was amongst the first descendants of the original immigrants that established St. Stanislaus Catholic Parish in Bandera. She also made it official that Bandera become “The Cowboy Capital of the World.”
Elenora was a founding member of the current Polish American Council of Texas (PACT), the first Poland/USA International Ambassador for the city and county of Bandera, a member of the Father Leopold Moczygemba Foundation, founder of the Bandera County Sister Partnership with Strzelce Opolskie, Poland and
co-chair of the Bandera County Historical Commission.
A service will be held at a later date with Porter Loring Mortuary North, San Antonio.
A small service will also be held at a later date in Bandera, followed by interment with her husband at the Air Force Academy Cemetery in Colorado Springs, Colorado.