I was a student in her French class from Fall 1981 to Fall 1983. I was not the greatest student. I was very disruptive. But I did well on the Alliance Francaise tests and had a good grasp of the language. And I could flirt with my girlfriend (now wife) and pass her Iove notes written in French. I never could have predicted how important French language wou…
Celebration of Life · June 7th, 2026 · 1pm · Meadowlands Hall, Dominican University, San Rafael, CA
Marie Goff-Tuttle
December 21st, 1934 — April 27th, 2026
Her story
Marie Madeleine Jeanne Goff‑Tuttle (née Jaume) passed away peacefully on April 27, 2026, surrounded by three of her grandchildren and loved ones, just outside Saint‑Rémy‑de‑Provence, France. Marie was a force of nature, a lifelong educator, and a deeply compassionate human being who influenced and helped more people than we may ever know.
Born on December 21, 1934, in Toulon, France, Marie was the only child of Capitaine Léon Jaume, a French naval captain and recipient of the Médaille de la Légion d’Honneur, and Germaine Bergès‑Yeu, who was active in the French Résistance. Marie grew up in Nice and Avignon, and spent the war years at a small boarding school in Morzine, in the French Alps, remaining there until 1945.
Celebration Of Life
Date
June 7, 2026
1:00 PM
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See all →I have had the privilege of knowing Marie since I was an infant, as she and her first husband were neighbors and close friends of my parents. I still have memories of childhood visits to the grand house near Dominican that she occupied with her four boys when I was a young girl. It was Marie who was present (and paying attention) when I uttered my first comp…
I have fond memories of Marie Goff-Tuttle from my husband, George L. Mills, who taught at San Rafael High School for 32 years, many of those years as a colleague of Ms. Goff-Tuttle. Our two children attended SRHS and also knew Ms. Goff-Tuttle. From the accounts of my family and my own occasional meetings, I knew Marie as vivacious and engaged. She brought li…
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