Photo:Jill Goddard/Facebook
Jill Goddard/Facebook
The brother of the woman who died when a car crashed into a suburban St. Louis nail salon over the weekend is speaking out about his “beautiful loving” sister.
Jeff Mostow tells PEOPLE that his sister, Jill Goddard, was enjoying a day of relaxation featuring brunch and manicures with her friends, Kimberly Langley and Mary Cates when their afternoon turned tragic.
Langley reportedly backed the vehicle up closer to the front of the salon so that Goddard and Cates would only have a short run through the rain to get inside.
Goddard — as well as three others who suffered minor injuries — were rushed to the hospital, but the Pacific woman was pronounced dead at Mercy Hospital in Washington on Saturday afternoon.
As her family comes to terms with their loss, Mostow wants others to know about his special sister, who visited her children and grandchildren as often as she could.
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“She was a bright, funny, generous person who deeply loved her family,” Mostow tells PEOPLE.
Calling the situation “not quite real,” Wilkins added, “Her biggest fear in life was death, so I’m thankful she didn’t see this coming, even though I’d give anything to hug her and tell her I love her one more time.”
After raising her children in Florida for years, Jill returned to her native Missouri, where she met her late husband, Gene Goddard, who was a retired veteran, according to Jeff.
Sadly, it was those friends who were injured alongside Goddard when the accident occurred.
In a phone call to Langley, he told her to “get rid of the guilt" and that he didn’t hold her responsible for his daughter’s death, the paper reported.
Now, Jeff Goddard israising money on GoFundMefor Jill’s children and grandchildren in the wake of her death.
“Jill was a loving sister, mother, grandmother, aunt and daughter,” he tells PEOPLE. “We all know how much she loved us because she made that very clear.”
source: people.com
