Eugene John "Jan" Gould

Eugene John ‘Jan’ Gould was born on September 20th, 1940 and passed away peacefully on January 30th, 2023. Jan was born in Hawaii to John William Gould and Clara Yuk Chin Yee. He spent the first 18 years of his life in foster care with a local family. Shortly after a challenging childhood, he enlisted in the Army and traveled the world playing basketball on a regimental team. He spent time in the US Military in France during which he picked up the name ‘Jan’ from the French pronunciation of Gene. Following an honorable discharge from the Army, he matriculated to Austin Texas to attend the University of Texas. It was at UT where he met the true love of his life Vicky Lynn Gould. Jan and Vicky quickly started a family and laid down roots in the Austin area where he would spend the rest of his life. After graduating with a Bachelor degree in Biology Jan found his calling in coaching and teaching. He coached multiple sports, eventually utilizing his experience as a country club Tennis Pro in his role as a Head Tennis Coach and Biology teacher at Round Rock High School making an impact on his athletes and students along the way. Once retired, Jan spent the rest of his life familiarizing himself with his Jewish heritage. He taught himself to read and speak Hebrew and converted to Orthodox Judaism in his late 70s; attending Temple at Congregation Tiferet Israel located inside the Dell Jewish Community Center. Jan had a crazy sense of humor and everyone he knows has a funny story to share. He could inspire someone to change their life and then drive his loved ones crazy in the same minute. Jan is survived by his wife Vicky and his children Stephen and wife Yuri, Christy and husband Tim, Jonathan and wife Nathalie, David and wife Anna, and AJ; and grandchildren Kayla, Julie, Jacob, Sunny, Samson, Haley, Nate, and John Luke. He overcame a tough beginning and made a lasting impact on everyone he met. He’s the only half Jewish/half Asian person with chutzpah to go by ‘Jan’ in Texas in the late 60s. Jan Gould will be dearly missed and long remembered. If you would like to honor his passion for teaching, please consider a donation to the Youth Educator Fund at Congregation Tiferet Israel. https://www.tiferetaustin.org/donations Press the member or non-member option and then choose the Youth Educator Fund from the dropdown menu via card or send the donation to Congregation Tiferet Israel, PO Box 27254, Austin, TX, 78755, indicate on behalf of the Gould Family for the Youth Educator Fund. Funeral and burial services will be held 11:00 am on Friday, February 3rd at Austin Memorial Park -- 2800 Hancock Drive. To stream the funeral, please go to the Austin Natural Funerals Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/AustinNaturalFunerals. A Facebook account is not required in order to view. If a pop-up window appears asking you to log in, click "not now" and the livestream will be available for you to view. If the "not now" button does not appear, scroll down on the page and it will come up for you to select.

Eugene John "Jan" Gould

September 20, 1940 - January 30, 2023