Rheyma Godshall

Monday, January 26, 1998

Rheyma Godshall

Soprano soloist performed with Boston Symphony
Rheyma A. Leary Godshall, 70, of Holbrook R.D.1, died at 8:45 a.m. Sunday, January 25, 1998, in Greene County Memorial Hospital following a brief illness.

She was born March 20, 1927, in Brownsville, a daughter of the late Karl Leary and Helen Thomas Leary of Holbrook R.D.1, who survives.
She had resided in the Philadelphia area most of her life prior to moving to Greene County in 1979.
Mrs. Godshall was a former member of the Abington Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia and was a member of the Valley Chapel United Methodist Church in Holbrook.
She was a former member of the Philadelphia Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star.
She was a 1945 graduate of Bensalem High School in Philadelphia. She earned a bachelor's degree from John Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md., and was a graduate of the Peabody Conservatory of Music.
Prior to her retirement in 1972, she was employed for approximately 16 years as a day care center director by the Pennsylvania Head Start Program in the Philadelphia area.
She was also a professional soprano soloist, having performed with the Boston Symphony and in Philadelphia area diners and churches. Locally she sang with the Carriage House Players, and in the early 1980s, she had the lead role in "The Sound of Music."
Her first husband, Arthur McClure Zeth, died June 8, 1971, and on March 16, 1973, she married William Henry Godshall, who survives.
Also surviving, in addition to her mother, are a daughter, Kathy Helen Thomson of Waynesburg; two sons, Frederick Keith Zeth of Raleigh, N.C. and Karl Calvin Zeth of Waynesburg; and a grandson, Arthur Benjamin Zeth.
Deceased is a brother, Karl Stanley Leary.
There will be no visitation or services at the request of the deceased. Interment will be private and held at the convenience of the family. The family suggests memorial contributions be sent to the American Cancer Society, 195 East High Street, Waynesburg, PA 15370.