Cecil Goeldner

Cecil Max Goeldner, 75, of Maumelle passed away Monday, March 18, 2013. He was born July 3, 1937 in Butler County, Kansas to Cecil B. and Hazel Maxine MacKay Goeldner. He was a member of First United Methodist Church and lead guitarist of The Grandpas. He was a Boeing employee. Then he co-founded Data Center Inc. in Kansas, and Pacesetter in Michigan, and was a Computer Systems Analyst for Systematics and for Alltel. He is survived by his wife, Virginia (Dunham) Goeldner, of Maumelle; daughter, Layla Cecil Goeldner, of Saudi Arabia; son, Kevin Blake Goeldner, of Aledo, Texas; seven grandchildren, Nadia, Maria, Dania, Abdulrahman, Omar, Grace and Seth; and five great-grandchildren, Abdullah, Jena, Adam, Tariq and Sami. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Donna Elaine Goeldner. Memorials may be made to the Youth Program at First United Methodist Church, 1201 Edgewood Drive, Maumelle, Arkansas 72113. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m., Saturday at First United Methodist Church, Maumelle. Burial will be in El Paso Cemetery in Derby, Kansas. The family will receive friends from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday at North Little Rock Funeral Home, a Smith Family Funeral Home. Online obituary at www.SmithFamilyCares.com.