8pm. GOSLIN - Henrietta Ann (nee Kercher) After being given Last Rites this past August, Henrietta Anna Goslin at age 100 and 3 months asked "Why?" and said she was not at all ready to go. She sat with visitors in the sunny living room of her home sharing stories of days gone by..and oh what stories. On Tuesday, December 11, 2012 just short of her 101st Christmas, she was ready. She died, resting comfortably at home and joined her husband, Anthony J. Goslin (1999); her sons, Anthony J. Jr. (2009), Paul M. (1967) and David G. (1984 - Mrs. Rosemarie Hanlon). Left behind are her dear sister Loretta G. Kercher; her loving daughters Ann Goslin Bermingham (late Joseph D. Jr.), Joan Goslin Simmons (Harvey F.) and Mary Goslin Peterson (James R.); dearly beloved grandchildren David, Christopher, Sarah (Quinn) and Elizabeth Bermingham; Michele (Rowan), Laura (Vitanza), Andrew and Elizabeth (Nunziato) Goslin and Patrick, Sarah and Josh Peterson, as well as 16 great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews and cousins. A 1930 graduate of Sacred Heart Academy and a graduate Registered Nurse she worked in WNY for more than 40 years. She briefly taught nursing at Syracuse University and often said she would have continued to do so if she had known she would eventually have six children. Her draft notice for World War Two arrived 10 days after her wedding at a time when married women did not serve in the Armed Forces. Instead she worked for the VNA, Millard Fillmore, St. Francis Hospital, as head nurse at Rosa Coplon Home, the Nursing Registry and Buffalo General Hospital, where she was head nurse for their first post surgical intensive care unit. All of this after surviving as a child, along with her mother and sister, the Great Spanish American Flue Pandemic of 1918 in which fifty million people, including her father, died. She was raised by her mother and maternal grandparents Gregor and Anna Benz. Gregor Benz was the chief designer and longtime foreman of Hersee Furniture in Buffalo and first cousin to his childhood friend, Karl Benz, inventor of the automobile (Mercedes Benz). Mrs. Goslin was a Gold Star Mother, her son Paul M. Goslin died in January 1967 in the South China Sea during the Vietnam War. Paul Goslin was among the first casualties from the Town of Amherst. She was an original member of the Red Jacket Ski Club and a member of the Buffalo Museum of Science Roosevelt Field Club. A longtime athlete, she played tennis for years with her close personal friend the late Pius A. Benincasa, Auxiliary Bishop of Buffalo. She continued to ski and swim into her nineties. She served as the first president of The Mothers Club of Saint Peter and Paul Grade School in Williamsville, an organization she helped found. A lifetime member of the Ladies of Charity, St. Ann's Sodality and a member of Saints Peter and Paul Church in Williamsville since 1943. She contributed to many charities throughout her life. Those of us left behind join her in profound appreciation of Hospice of Buffalo. Flowers are gratefully declined; preferring donations to Hospice Foundation 225 Como Park Blvd. Cheektowaga, New York 14227.Friends are invited to attend a Mass of Christian Saturday December 29th at 9:30 AM in Saints Peter and Paul Church 5480 Main Street Williamsville.