Donald Edwin GOODWIN

GOODWIN, WALKER, NORWOOD, CARROLL, NIKKOL, BOLL, DRAKE

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 9/23/2006 at 22:56:24

Donald Edwin Goodwin, age 70, most recently a resident of the Dows-USA Health Care Center, died Sunday, February 24, 2002 at the Care Center in Dows. Funeral services were held February 28, 2002 at the Vernon Lutheran Church in Dows with Rev. Paul Thompson officiating. A private family interment service will take place in New York at a later date.

Donald was born September 12, 1931 in Elmira, New York, the son of Colin and Helen Frelove (Walker) Goodwin. He attended Potter County Pennsylvania Schools, receiving a certificate of completion on May 20, 1947. He married Kathleen Alice Norwood on July 4, 1952. He served in the United States Army for 13 years, training with 117th Airborne Division. He served in the Korean War where he was a mess sergeant and was honorably discharged in 1961. Donald had received various commendations, including medals for Army Occupation of Japan, National Defense Service Medal, and the Good Conduct Medal. He was also a past member of the VFW. He lived in Dallas, Texas where he was employed as a welder for Dallas Morning News for more than 30 years. In 1985 he and his family moved back to Elmira, New York. In 1992 he moved to Iowa. Donald lived for periods of time in Rowan, Dows, and Belmond, before becoming a resident of the Health Care Center in September.

He was preceded in death by his parents, 7 brothers and sisters and a grandson. Survivors include his wife, Kathleen, a resident of the care center in Hampton; three sons: Donald Goodwin of Alabama, William Goodwin of Dallas, Texas, and Robert Goodwin and his wife, Nancy of Mississippi; three daughters: Susan Carroll and her husband, Ronnie of Texas, Helen Nikkol and husband, Doug of Clarion and Kathleen Goodwin and fiance, Mike Boll of Dows; one brother, Eddie Goodwin of Rochester, New York; and one sister, Marian Drake of Pennsylvania, 10 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.

February 27, 2002
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