Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (Ontario, CA)
July 13, 2006Helen Goodale died July 7, 2006 in Claremont, California. She was born December 23, 1904, in Almena, Kansas. She lived in Pomona and Claremont since 1926, when she moved to California as the bride of Ralph Goodale. Helen was a graduate of Oregon Aricultural College, now Oregon State University at Corvallis, Oregon. She was a retired elementary school teacher. After retirement, her teaching continued as a docent at the Santa Ana Botanic Gardens for 13 years. She enjoyed her activities with Trinity Methodist Church, Retired Teachers, Sierra Club and Pomona Lawn Bowlers.
Helen leaves three daughters, Phyllis Roberts (Roy) of Orange, California; Lenore Boss (Herb) of Claremont; Judy Henderson (John) of Bakersfield, California; and son, William Goodale (Susan) of Palos Verdes, California. She had 11 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Helen Goodale is best remembered for her devotion to family, dedication to teaching, interest in nature camping, backpacking and for the love of music that she passed on to her family.
The Oregonian (Portland, OR)
December 12, 1992A funeral for Kenneth F. Goodale, a longtime resident of the Portland area, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of Everhart & Kent Funeral Home in Canby. Private interment will be in Zion Memorial Park in Canby.
He died Tuesday in his Southeast Portland home of complications from Parkinson's disease. Mr. Goodale was 90.
Born March 4, 1902, in Hecla, S.D., he was raised and schooled in Anaheim, Calif. He attended Pomona College as well as Oregon State College, where he was a member of Kappa Delta Rho fraternity. He married Reba M. Moore on April 4, 1936, in Fullerton, Calif.
Mr. Goodale worked as a bank manager for a number of years until his retirement. He lived in Canby from 1964 until he moved to the Southeast Portland area in 1989.
Survivors besides his wife include his daughter, Sally Jo Schenk of Portland; and three grandsons.
News-Register (McMinnville, OR)
May 25, 2004Funeral for former Yamhill resident Reba Moore Goodale of Milwaukie was held Saturday in the Canby Funeral Chapel. Private interment was in Zion Memorial Cemetery.
She died May 19, 2004, in a Milwaukie care center. She was 94.
She was born Aug. 11, 1909, in Union, Mo., daughter of Allen R. and Helen Bruns Moore. She graduated from high school in Mount Vernon, Wash., and received her teaching license from Bellingham Normal School. She taught in the Mount Vernon area during the school year and traveled to Los Angeles during summers to complete her bachelor's degree.
It was during such a trip she met her future husband, Ken Goodale. They married April 4, 1936, after a brief courtship.
The Goodales lived in California a short time, then relocated to the Northwest to be closer to her family. About 1952, the Goodales moved to Yamhill, and she taught elementary classes and music in various schools in the Yamhill area.
Mrs. Goodale received her master's in education degree in 1956 from Linfield College in McMinnville. She taught briefly at the college.
In 1964, the Goodales moved to Canby and lived there until 1989, when they moved to a Milwaukie retirement community. Her husband preceded her in death in 1992.
She attended Tabor Heights United Methodist Church with her daughter Sally and was active in the retirement community. She was involved with music all of her life and took pleasure in combining it with her faith. She also enjoyed spending time with her daughter and grandsons, attending family reunions and returning to Mount Vernon and talking about her childhood years there.
Survivors include her daughter, Sally Jo Schenk of Milwaukie; her brother, Glenn Moore of Bremerton, Wash.; and grandsons, Erik Schenk and Matthew Schenk, both of Milwaukie, and Christopher Schenk of Long Beach, Calif.
68123. Walter Blanchard Goodale
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Walter B. Goodale, 88,of Hilcrest Ave., died Monday at Sacred Heart Nursing Home.
He was born the son of Frank E. and Susie S. (Pratt) Goodale.
He attended Plattsburgh High School and Albany Business College. Mr. Goodale worked for his father as a young man and later became partners with him in the wholesale grocery business at FE & WB Goodale Wholesale Groceries on Lower Court St. in Plattsburgh. He later became sole owner/operator until his retirement in 1959.
Mr. Goodale's first wife, Mabel D'Allaire Goodale, died in 1971.
Survivors include his wife, the former Ada Mabel (Craig) Downey; four daughters, Mrs. Floyd (Betsy) Thayer of Rockland, ME, Mrs. Billy Joe (Dora) Leopard and Mrs. Bradley (Virginia) Trombley, both of Plattsburgh, and Mrs. Nicholas (Myra) Piazza of New Bern, NC; one brother, E. Dudley Goodale of Wilmington; 11 grandchildren.