James Arthur GOAD, Sr.

GOAD, GUMTAU, KAPING, PARKER, CORNETT, MINDT, LOPEZ, MOORE, CRAFTON, COOK, CRAFTON-COOK

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 2/10/2024 at 13:07:03

October 18, 1935 –--- March 2, 2021

The family of James Arthur (Jim) Goad, Sr. of Redmond, Oregon are saddened to announce his sudden death on Tuesday, March 2, 2021, at the age of 85.

Jim was born on October 18, 1935 in Webster City, Iowa, to Gerald William and Wilma Martha (Gumtau) Goad. Wilma died as a young mother on November 7, 1935 at the age of 20. At three weeks old, he lived with his first-generation immigrant maternal grandparents, Arthur and Agnes (Kaping) Gumtau, until he was about 7 years old when his father Gerald died. Soon after, his aunt Gertrude (Gumtau) and uncle William Parker sympathetically invited him to their home, where he grew up with their children (his cousins), Robert, Gretchen and Mary Ann. In 1953 he graduated from Stanhope High School, where he excelled in baseball and basketball. After high school, he attended Eagle Grove Community College, where he played baseball and basketball. He then attended Iowa State University college in Ames, Iowa for a degree in forestry.

In the summer of 1957, he came to Bend, Oregon to do a summer internship program at Iowa State University with the Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Company. That same summer he met the love of his life Roberta May “Bobbie” Cornett, and they were married on December 7, 1957 at First United Methodist Church in downtown Bend. They had two children, Cindy (and Steve) Mindt and Jim (and Lisa) Goad, Jr. He taught them to fish, hunt, work on cars, love the outdoors, always work hard, and be honest.

He never returned to Iowa except for a visit. In 1960 he took a leave of absence from work and moved to Corvallis, Oregon to graduate from Oregon State University with a degree in forestry. After graduation, he returned to Bend and his position at Brooks-Scanlon.

He spent most of his life working hard. First at Brooks Scanlon and then at DAW Forest Products, Diamond International, Crown Pacific, The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Pine Products Corp. and finally as a private forest consultant, including projects across the Pacific Northwest, Laos and Thailand.

Jim has been very active in the Central Oregon community over the years including the Bend Parks and Recreation Advisory Board (1966-1974), Worshipful Master of the Bend Masonic Lodge AF & AM (York Rite, Scottish Rite, etc.), too Member of Redmond Masonic Lodge, Al Kader Shriners, Bend Elks Lodge, Fraternal Order of Eagles # 2089, Bend Rotary, High Desert Museum (volunteered for building the small sawmill), Associated Oregon Industries, Oregon Log Scalers Society, and many others.

He loved the outdoors and recreation including fishing, hunting, golf, softball (fast and slow) and in the winter he added playing cards with friends, sudoku and coin collecting.

Jim is survived by his wife as a legacy; Children and their spouses; Grandsons Kim (and Ryan) Lopez, Jenn (and Evan) Moore, Anthony (and Carrie) Mindt, Chloe (and Hayden) Schuh and great-grandchildren, Emily and Jake Lopez, Bryce and Peyton Moore, and many longtime friends. He was preceded by his parents and step-daughter Meghan Crafton-Cook in death.

A private family celebration of a lifetime was held on May 29th. Redmond Memorial Chapel is overseeing the arrangements. The funeral will later take place in the Deschutes Memorial Chapel and Gardens. To honor Jim and his life, donations can be made to: Deschutes Historical Society-FBO: The Brooks-Scanlon Museum, Shriner’s Hospital for Crippled Children-Portland, OR; Forest Grove Masonic Lodge Endowment Fund; OSU – Forestry Department (for scholarships);