Obituary of Elizabeth Stuart Goodstein

GOODSTEIN, Elizabeth Stuart - Betsy,쳌 82, Grand Pre, passed away on the spring solstice, 21 March 2010, in Haliburton Place at Windsor Hospital. Left to mourn is Edward Goodstein of Grand Pre, her husband since 1972, partner in Grand Pre pottery since 1971, and best friend of 40 yrs. Her children Leslie, Mary, John and Eric Houck and their spouses, 14 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren, also mourn her passing. Born Elizabeth Verne Graham on 17 February 1928 in Washington, D.C., she was predeceased in 1927 by her father, Edson Verne Graham, a voice major in Music at Acadia University. Her mother Elizabeth Mary Eaton, a Home Economics major of Acadia and head dietitian there, passed away in 1964; her step-father Donald Frederick Stuart in 1948; and her brother Derek Stuart in 2007. She is survived by her brother Stephen Stuart of Kentville. Betsy was raised by her mother and stepfather Donald Frederick Stuart (1901-1948), grew up in St. Louis, New York City and Dumont, New Jersey, and helped to raise her little brothers. She graduated from Acadia University with a degree in Home Economics after WWII, and worked as a dietitian in St. Luke?¢s Hospital in NYC. She married John C. Houck in 1953, with whom she had four children in Virginia. She returned to Nova Scotia in 1971 after divorcing and married her husband and business partner, Edward Goodstein, in 1972. Ed and Betsy met in pottery class in Washington, D.C., and began Grand Pre pottery in 1971. They ran a major pottery business together for 19 years, and represented Nova Scotia at the Cultural Olympics of 1976. Both were early members of the Nova Scotia Designer Craft Council, with Betsy being Vice President, and spent six months developing a native pottery industry on the island of Montserrat in the Caribbean. As an example of native crafts, their students?¢ work represented Montserrat at Expo ?¢86. More recently, they rescued the Jeremiah Caulkin House from demolition as a labor of love, and moved it from the Biggs Farm to their land on the Old Post Road in Grand Pre. It was fully restored and listed as a Heritage property. Family flowers only; donations in Betsy?¢s memory can be made to the Wolfville Baptist Church. Service will be held there at 2:30 PM on Saturday, 27 March, with reception following. Thank you to Cheryl Pick, the VON Home Care team, Dr. Wayne Phillips and the care providers of Haliburton Place at Windsor Hospital, who all assisted Betsy in so many ways through her illness the last 5 yrs. Arrangements are under the care and direction of Serenity Funeral Homes & Crematorium, 568 Main Street, Wolfville, NS, B4P 1E7. Cards of sympathy may be sent to this address or on-line at www.serenityfuneralhome.ca.