Walter Samuel GOODE ⁸⁰

  Noted events in his life were:

• Gravestone: Washington, Washington, Iowa, , Elm Grove Cemetery. ¹¹⁴

• Alt. Birth, Apr 1890, , , Iowa. ⁸⁰

• Census, 19 Jun 1900, Washington, Washington, Iowa. ⁸²
1) John Good, head, white, male, May, 1848, age 52, married 28 years, born in England, father born in England, mother born in England, immigrated in 1865, 34 years in U.S., naturalized, hotel keeper, can read, write and speak english.
2) Elizabeth, wife, white, female, June, age 45, married 28 years, 9 of 9 children living, born Kentucky, father born in Kentucky, mother born in Kentucky, can read, write and speak english.
3) Arthur, son, white, male, January, 1873, age 27, single, born in Illinois, father born in England, mother born in Kentucky, carpenter, 4 months not employed, can read, write and speak english.
4) Ada, daughter, white, female, August, 1879, age 20, single, born in Iowa, father born in England, mother born in Kentucky, saleswoman, can read, write and speak english.
5) Blanche E., daugher, white, female, April, 1882, age 18, single, born in Iowa, father born in England, mother born in Kentucky, at school 9 months, can read, write and speak english.
6) Myrtle J., daughter, white, female, February 1884, age 16, single, born in Iowa, father born in England, mother born in Kentucky, at school 9 months, can read, write and speak english.
7) Walter S., son, white, male, April, 1890, age 10, single, born in Iowa, father born in England, mother born in Kentucky, at school 9 months, can read, write and speak english.
8) Mabel S., daughter, white, female, April, 1892, age 8, single, born in Iowa, father born in England, mother born in Kentucky, at school 9 months.
9) Bruce R., son, white, male, December, 1895, age 4, single, born in Iowa, father born in England, mother born in Kentucky.

• Census, 22 Jun 1910, Washington, Washington, Iowa. ⁸³
1) John Goode, head, male, white, age 61, married 38 years, born in England, father born in England, mother born in England, immigrated in 1864, naturalized, speaks english, can read and write.
2) Elizabeth, wife, female, white, age 55, married 38 years, 9 of 9 children living, can read and write.
3) Walter, son, male, white, age 20, single, born in Iowa, father born in England, mother born in Missouri, speaks english, can read and write.
4) Bruce, son, male, white, age 14, single, born in Iowa, father born in England, mother born in Missouri, speaks english, can read and write, at school.

• Residence, 1912, Washington, Washington, Iowa.

• Obituary: Washington Evening Journal, 3 Apr 1942, Washington, Washington, Iowa. ¹¹⁶

Walter Goode Taken by Death

Walter S. Goode, 52 years old, who was born in Washington and lived most of his life here, died last night at ten o'clock in the state hospital at Mt. Pleasant, where he had been receiving treatment the last four years.
Funeral services will be held at two o'clock Saturday afternoon at the L. A. Jones funeral home, in charge of Rev. Carl W. Kleta, with burial in Elm Grove cemetery.
Walter Goode was a son of John and Elisabeth (Bethuram) Goode, and was born in Washington April 1, 1890. He was reared in this community and attended the Washington schools. He was an accomplished musician and played a horn in Washington bands for a number of years. He also played to well known orchestras and bands until compelled to give up this work because of illness. He had been in poor heatlh since 1912.
Surviving him are his mother and two brothers, Arthur and Bruce of Washington and six sisters; Mrs. Blanche Ruedy of Burlingame, Calif., Mrs. Grace Norris of Furson, Iowa, Mrs. Chales Kirkbride and Mrs. M. L. Thompson of San Mateo, Calif., Mrs. Frank Anderson of Fresno Calif., and Mrs. Elsie King of North English, Iowa.