Mary Louise Goyak

Published 8:52 am Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Mary Louise Goyak, 78, of Columbus passed away Saturday morning, April 23, 2011 in the Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills, Landrum.
Born in Newport, Ky., she was the daughter of the late Jack Vallier Rauss and Viola Underwood Rauss and wife of the late Peter F. Goyak, who died in 2005.
Mrs. Goyak was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. She and her husband moved to Columbus in 1988, coming from Van Nuys, Calif., after Pete’s retirement as vice president at Capitol Records. Mrs. Goyak was a member of St. John’s Catholic Church, Tryon.
She will be dearly missed by her two surviving sons, John Goyak of Las Vegas, Nev., and Michael Goyak of Los Angeles, Calif., and her grandchildren, Sarah, John Jr., Nicholas and Michael, as well as her family and many friends.
A funeral mass will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 30, 2011 in St. John’s Catholic Church, Tryon, with Father Patrick Winslow officiating.
Burial will be in Polk Memorial Gardens, Columbus.
A Rosary will be held from 6 – 7 p.m. Friday evening, April 29, in the McFarland Funeral Chapel.
Please make desired memorials to the Hospice of the Carolina Foothills, 130 Forest Glen Drive, Columbus, N.C. 28722 or to the American Lung Association, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 800, Washington, D.C. 20004.
An online guest register is available at www.mcfarlandfuneralchapel.com.
McFarland Funeral Chapel, Tryon.