Dorothy Jean Goodwin, nee Hunter, 85, of Leslie, Missouri, formerly of Cahokia, Illinois, born February 22, 1940 in Est St. Louis, Illinois, passed away on Monday, March 3, 2025 at Mercy Hospital in Washington, Missouri.

Dorothy was a homemaker.  She was very community oriented during her time in Cahokia.  She was a member of the Cahokia Junior Women's Club, the TOPPS Group, and the LaGuanni Ball.  She enjoyed antique shopping.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Eugene and Marie Hunter and Opal Tatum; a brother, John Tatum; three sisters, Mary Newsome, Helen Ann Labryer, and Peggy Marcell; an adopted daughter, Jody Graff; a great grandson, Edwin Coons; and aunt, Laura Weber; and in-laws, Hilda and James Goodwin; Doris, Jarvis, Nancy Goodwin, Judy Carron, and Jerry Goodwin.

Surviving are her husband, whom she married on May 23, 1959; her children, Paul Richard Goodwin, Richard E. (Vicki) Goodwin, Nancy (Ed) Wilkerson, Steve (Allyn) Goodwin, Wilma (Rich) Donald, Mary (Saul) Gonzalez, and Tara (Jeff) Liberty; nine grandchildren, Kristy (Josh) Coons, Tiffany (Jesse) Carney, Kassie (Brian) Harvey, Lisa Goodwin, Heather Goodwin, Richie Donald, Abby (Crue Harwill) Donald, Alison Veronika and Victoria Gonzalez; and nine great grandchildren.  She was also a dear sister-in-law, aunt, cousin, and friend.

Memorials may be made to Memory Care Home Solutions, 4389 W. Pine  St. Louis, MO 63108.

Friends may visit from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, Mary 6, 2025 at Braun Family Funeral Home, 265 Quarry Road, Columbia, Illinois.  Funeral procession to leave the funeral home at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, March 7, 2025, to Immaculate Conception Church, Columbia, Illinois for a 10:00 a.m. Mass of the Christian Burial with Monsignor Carl Scherrer celebrating.  Burial will be in Walnut Hill Cemetery, Belleville, Illinois..