Sandra Jane Goddard

Well here’s the story… Sandra Jane Goddard, 89, of Casper, Wyoming passed away surrounded by family on August 2nd, 2024. Sandy was born in Cody, Wyoming on November 26th, 1934 to Lawrence and Verna Thomas. Her family moved to Casper shortly after and she lived there the rest of her life. She attended Grant Elementary school and Natrona County High school. After graduation, she went to beauty school and became a hairdresser, a career she loved and maintained until macular degeneration took her sight. She married the love of her life Mr. Benjamin Goddard on January 24th, 1957. Their love was unconditional and unlike any other. Sandy was also a talented artist. She excelled in painting, card making, ceramics, and sewing. She won several awards at fairs across Wyoming. When she wasn’t crafting, she was spending time with some of the most important people in her life, her grandchildren and great grandchildren. Sandy was a wonderful GG, making up games or ordering from the multiple “restaurants” opened by her grandchildren and great grandchildren. 

She had a strong foundation in the Christian faith and was a faithful servant to Christ. We know that he greeted her in heaven with open arms. 

She is survived by her four children: Tim (Terri) Goddard, Deborah (Richard) Bowcutt, Shelly Goddard Nichols, and Rebecca Goddard. Also her grandchildren Daniel Bowcutt, Ashley (Yasnov) Dawkins, Jocelyn (Bryce) Norcross, Nathaniel (Kelsie) Goddard, Matthew (Sara) Goddard, and Hannah (Barlow) Morris and niece Susie (Dave) Klopfenstien as well as her children Scott (Jenna) Klopfenstein, Stephen (Kaitlin) Klopfenstein and their children Logan and Parker, Kathryn (Alex) Hastings, Peter (Callie) Klopfenstein, and Kyle Klopfenstein. Lastly, the lights of her life were her great grandchildren: Wyatt, Colter and Mia “Sandra” Norcross; Nicholas and Benjamin Dawkins, Samuel Bowcut, and Jonah Goddard. She is preceded in death by her parents Lawrence and Verna Thomas, her brothers Robert and LaVern Thomas, and her husband Benjamin Goddard as well as many friends and family members. 

There will be no open funeral services, a small family service will be held Wednesday August 7th, with burial to take place at Oregon Trail Veterans Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to the Casper Humane society, in memory of her beloved pets, at 849 East E Street, Casper, WY 82601. 

The family wishes to extend their gratitude to the nursing and CNA staff on the 6th floor of Banner Wyoming Medical Center for all of their help and love during her stay. 

1 Peter 3 "Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, 5 who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 7 These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. 8 Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, 9 for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls."