Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Goodenough, Mildred A. (Walker) 2005
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Ionia Sentinel Standard, 12 Jan 2005

Mildred A. Goodenough, 86, of Sheridan passed away Tuesday, January 11, 2005 at 
Spectrum Health-Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids.  Mildred was born August 
9, 1918 in Ronald Township, to Robert H. and Josephine (Palmer) Walker.

As a graduate of County Normal, Mildred taught in several one room schools in 
the area during the late 1940s and early 50s.  Some of those schools included 
the Fairplains and Amsden schools.  She was married to Ira (Pat) Goodenough on 
June 25, 1949 at the North Plains church south of Palo.

Mildred and Pat were married for 42 years until his death in 1992.  They were 
blessed with four children, Maro and Gayle Jenks of Sheridan, JoAnn and Tim 
Dudenhofer of Sidney, Marcia and Doug Beardsley of Columbia, Tennessee, and 
Robert and Darcie Goodenough of Stanton, in addition to 12 grandchildren and 12 
great-grandchildren.  Also surviving is a step daughter, Diana and Rollie 
Teachworth of Blanchard and one brother and his wife, Louie and Gladys Walker 
of Belding.

For the last year and a half, she was a resident at Metron of Greenville where 
she enjoyed making friends, attending the church services, playing bingo, 
working on art and craft projects and she also became a member of the Red Hat 
Society.  After accepting Christ as her Savior, Mildred was baptized and became 
a member of the First Baptist Church of Stanton where she and her family 
attended.  In recent years, she transferred her membership to the Nevins Lake 
Church where her son is currently now serving as Pastor and where she continued 
to be actively involved in the church activities.

Visitation will be on Thursday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Simpson Family 
Funeral Home in Sheridan.  Funeral services will be on Friday beginning at 11 
a.m. at the Nevins Lake Church in Stanton.  Pastor Ken Kraft of the First 
Baptist Church of Stanton will be officiating.  Interment will be at the 
Sheridan Cemetery in Sheridan.  In lieu of flowers, the family suggests 
memorial considerations to:  Either the Moody Bible Institute or Nevins Lake 
Church.  Envelopes will be available at the funeral home and also at the church.


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