Obit of Gooday, Inman C. - Comanche County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 4 Nov 2005 Return to Comanche County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/comanche/comanche.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== :Apache Cemetery--Fort Sill OK Lawton Constitution 5 Nov 2003 Inman C. Gooday ELGIN — Funeral for Inman C. Gooday, 79, Elgin, will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Petarsy Church, Richards Spur. A prayer service will be from 7-9 p.m. today at the Fort Sill Apache Tribal Complex. Burial will be at Fort Sill Apache Cemetery under direction of Comanche Nation Funeral Home. He was born Feb. 21, 1924 in Apache, to Robert and Dorcas Powhoneet Gooday. He attended Boone, Apache and Fort Sill Indian School, and graduated from Haskell Institute. He married Joyce Connahvichnah in 1945. He joined the Army Air Corp in 1943 and was in the Normandy Campaign, the Northern France Campaign, the Rhineland Campaign and the Central Europe Campaign. He completed eight missions over Germany and was shot down over Germany and captured and held prisoner of war in Germany for 18 months. He received the POW Medal for his courage in defending the United States. Other awards he received include the American Theater Service Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Service Medal with four bronze battle stars, the Air Medal and Victory Medal. He retired from the Fort Sill Indian Hospital in 1999 after 43 years of service, and worked at Fort Sill Apache Casino. He was a member and vice chairman of the Fort Sill Apache Tribe, committee member of the FSA tribe, Fort Sill Apache housing director, tribal director for the American Indian Exposition from 1970 to 2003 and a member of Petarsy and Dutch Reform Church. He was 2000 Indian of the Year for the American Indian Exposition, and leader of the Gooday Family Firedancers. Survivors include his wife, of the home; three sons: Byron Gooday, Lawton; Keith Gooday, Geronimo; and Adrian Gooday, Cyril; a daughter, Claudia Salazar, Richards Spur; five brothers: Henry, Bob, Lupe, Talbert and Wendell Gooday; two sisters: Inez Motah and Theodora Martinez; 22 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Inman Cloyde Jr.; a daughter, Thomasine Boyd; and a sister, Flora Weryackwe. Friends may call from 2-7 p.m. today at the Fort Sill Apache Tribal Complex. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Comanche County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/comanche/comanche.html