Ann Goot
Ann Goot (nee Bahniy) died peacefully at home on April 15, 2019, surrounded by family.
Born on Jan. 23, 1915, in Newark, N.J., to Elias and Antonina (Miklasiewicz) Bahniy, she lived in Union, N.J., before ending her days in Moretown, Vt.
Over a long career starting in 1935, she taught French in Flemington, Union, and Irvington public and Catholic high schools. She also taught two generations of 7th graders at St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic School, as well as teaching English to adult parishioners new to this country.
Ann was predeceased by her husband, Paul, in 1989. She is survived by her daughter, Kristin and husband, Michael Geoghegan, and her daughter, Mary Goot and husband, Rafael Vargas; grandchildren, Michael (Mary Loux) Geoghegan, Amy (Dan) Frostman, and Kate (Ben) Montross; plus, great-grandchildren, Owen and Madeline, and Sam and Max. Also, dear to her heart were her nephew, Victor Romanyshyn, and niece, Carole Ann DeVries, and their families.
Visitation will take place on April 24, 2019, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Union Funeral Home-Lytwyn & Lytwyn, 1600 Stuyvesant Ave., Union, N.J. 07083. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church, 719 Sanford Ave., Newark, N.J. 07106 on April 25, 2019, at 10:30 a.m.
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