Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Goodenough, Rufus E. 1958
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Greenville Daily News, 14 Oct 1958

Belding – Rufus E. Goodenough, 64, 527 W. May St., died suddenly Monday noon at
his home of a heart attack.  Mr. Goodenough, arc welder for Gibson for 15 years,
was born April 20, 1894, in Ionia County, the son of George and Rachel
Goodenough.  He had lived in Belding vicinity for 38 years.

A veteran of World War 1, he enlisted at Ionia, June 28, 1917, and received his
discharge May 15, 1917.  He was a sergeant with the 32nd Division and fought in
the battles of Alsace-Loraine and in the Neuser Argonne offensive.  Mr.
Goodenough was a member of the VFW and American Legion of Belding.  On July 4,
1920, he married the former Ada Taylor at Lowell.  She survives.

Also surviving is a sister, Mrs. Carl Houserman, and two nieces, Mrs. David
Mockey and Miss Joyce Houserman, all of Saranac, and one nephew, Paul Boger,
Grand Rapids.

Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at Ellis Funeral Home with the
Rev. H.S. Ellis officiating.  Military services will be conducted by the Belding
VFW and American Legion.  Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery.

[Transcriber’s note:  The dates of his military service were typed as they were
printed in the obituary.]


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