OBITUARY: William P. "Bill" Goodale, Worth County, Iowa


[ Northwood Anchor online, Posted Dec. 26, 2001 ]


                          Bill Goodale

A funeral mass was held on Friday, December 21, 2001 at Sacred Heart Catholic
Church, Manly, for William P. "Bill" Goodale, age 70, of Manly. Rev. David G.
Kucera officiated and interment was in the Sacred Heart  Church Cemetery.
Bride Colonial  Chapel was in charge of arrangements. Mr. Goodale died
Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2001 at Hennipen County Memorial Hospital in Minneapolis,
MN.

Bill was born Sept. 26, 1931 in Floyd County, IA the son of Burl and Lillian
(Wagner) Goodale.  He graduated from Little Cedar High School and from Iowa
State Teacher's College in Cedar Falls in 1950. Bill entered the United
States Air Force in 1951 serving during the Korean Conflict. He was united
in marriage to Veronica Theis on Sept. 27, 1952 at St. Peter's Catholic
Church, New Haven. Bill worked as a hired man on several farms in Mitchell
County during the early 1950's. In 1955, he engaged in farming in Mitchell
County and later in Floyd County.  In 1968 the couple moved to Plymouth and
in 1971 to Manly. Bill raised horses on his farms, enjoyed flowers and
gardening, sewing, quilting, woodworking, playing cards and dancing. He
also loved to fish and camp, go for bike rides and walk with his groups of
walkers and have coffee with them afterwards. Bill was an avid Iowa Hawkeye
and Iowa State Cyclone fan, but his great joy was spending time with his
grandchildren.

He was a member of the Moose Lodge both in Charles City and Mason City and a
member and lay distributor at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Manly.

Preceding him in death were his parents; his father-in-law; a nephew, and
one brother, Vernon Goodale.

Those that survive him include his wife Veronica of Manly; eight children
and their spouses, Wilma and Mike Romig of Manly, Verlene (Cannon) and Rod
Dunlavey of Traer, Virgil and Marcia Goodale of Mason City, LeAnn (Huse)
Goodale and Vincent Copas of Clear Lake, Mark and Kristy Goodale of Ames,
Larry and Jill Goodale of Ames, Christine and Dennis Krauth of Forest City
and Brad and Jodi Goodale of Muscatine; seventeen grandchildren; six brothers
and sisters and their spouses, Kenneth and Ruby Goodale of Osage, Viola and
Matt Klassen of Adams, MN, Dale and Gertie Goodale of Osage, Arlene and
Curtis Fox of Osage, Dean and Joan Goodale of Mason City and Irene and
Church Johnson of Cedar Rapids; one sister-in-law Marlene Goodale of Little
Cedar; his mother-in-law, Gladys Theis of Charles City and many nieces and
nephews.




Copyright (c) 2001 by Kermit Kittleson
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