Eva May Goldstein Obituary (1943 - 2012)

Eva May Sickel (Eve) Goldstein, 69, of Leawood, Kansas, passed away August 11, 2012. She was born April 22, 1943, in Leavenworth, Kansas, to Ralph and Ethel Sickel. She graduated from Leavenworth High School and was a member of the Pep Club, Student Council Vice President, in the band, a majorette, and was in the Honors Program. She attended Drake University graduating in Art and Interior Design in 1966. Afterward, she moved to Kansas City and worked for Edward Keith Interior Designs, Halls Plaza candy department, and taught art at the Nelson Art Gallery. Eve had an in-home art studio teaching art classes to boy scouts and girl scouts, as well as Temple youth. She worked along side Bob, her husband, at Roberts Interiors. Art was Eve’s passion. She created and designed project after project for her children’s school functions, Temple events, and gifts for family and friends. Eve had a special fondness for the Southwest landscape and Native American art. She enjoyed drawing and watercolors and was an exceptional artist. Her beautiful artwork adorns the walls of the home she shared with her husband. She leaves her mother Ethel Sickel, along with her devoted husband, Robert (Bob), and her two sons, Randy and Greg, as well as (fiancé) Emily Donaldson, and Addy, her cat. There was always a cat near Eve. A graveside service will be held at Rose Hill Cemetery, 6900 Troost Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64131, (the west side of Troost) at 10am on Tuesday, August 14th and evening services will be held at her son Randy’s house off 151st St. and Antioch, Overland Park, Kansas at 7pm that evening. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the Scleroderma Foundation, PO Box 4123, Springfield, MO 65808.