The Harold family has a long history with the Sisters of the Holy Names. Robert and Frances Harold and their children Liz, Bob and Jim made their home in Pasadena, CA. The children were taught by the Sisters at Saints Felicitas and Perpetua School in San Marino during the 1950s and 60s…
Born in California, Joanne Veronica Goheen did not meet her father’s Oregon-based sister (and her own namesake), Sister Veronica Mary Goheen, until she was 10 years old. Still, her aunt made a lasting impression.
“I was in awe of her,” relates Joanne. “She was quite petite but had a power and authority about her that immediately caught your attention.”
Sister Veronica Mary served as principal of eight schools in Washington and Oregon between 1929 and 1957…