GIRARD - Joseph Julian Goist, infant son of David and Lindy Wilkerson Goist, passed away shortly after birth, Saturday, Dec. 26, 2015, at St. Elizabeth Boardman Health Center, from complications of Trisomy 18.

Besides his parents, Joseph leaves a brother, David Kason Goist; grandparents, Mary Lou and David Goist and Jodi and Richard Rostan; aunts, Kristy Wilkerson and Dana (Nathan) Keister; and many extended family members.

All relatives and friends are invited to celebrate this angel's visit to earth and return to heaven, Saturday, Jan. 2, 2016, at noon at St. Rose Church, 48 E. Main St., Girard.

A memorial luncheon will follow the service in Rosetta Hall.

In lieu of flowers, Joseph's family suggests that memorial contributions be made to HEAL Bereavement Program, St. Elizabeth Boardman Health Center, 8401 Market St., Boardman, OH 44512.

"An angel in the book of life wrote down our baby's birth, then whispered as she closed the book, 'Too beautiful for earth.'"