Shirley Goff-Eisele

Shirley Goff-Eisele, 75, of Dahlonega passed away in Gainesville, Georgia the morning of Thursday, September 5th, 2013 after losing her second battle with cancer.

Born Shirley Jean Demarco in Patterson, New Jersey, Shirley quickly developed a flair for all things fashion, especially interior decoration and space planning. Post college, she studied furniture design and founded a furniture design and fabrication firm in Boca Raton, Florida that encompassed two showrooms and employed 80 people. Shirley was a member of ASFD, the American Society of Furniture Designers.

Shirley discovered Dahlonega while doing design work for clients in North Georgia. She and her husband David moved from Miami to the Dahlonega area in 1998. She quickly became active in a number of local civic organizations including the Dahlonega