Fred died peacefully at Dufferin Oaks Home for Seniors, Shelburne, on Friday, March 11, 2011, in his 94th year. Son of the late William and Auta Goodeve, Fred farmed in Adjala Township until his retirement to Orangeville in the early 1970s. Fred is survived by his nephew Jack Hirons and cousin Freda Fleming. Thanks is given to the staff at Dufferin Oaks who have cared for him so well for the last eleven years.
Friends will be received at Egan Funeral Home Baxter & Giles Chapel, 273 Broadway, Orangeville (519-941-2630) on Tuesday, March 15 from one o’clock until time of the funeral service in the chapel at 2 o’clock. Interment Forest Lawn Cemetery, Orangeville. Condolences for the family may be offered at www.EganFuneralHome.com
Earl Goodeve
My wife Michaele and I would like to offer our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Fred Goodeve. We regret that due to circumstances we are not able to attend. This is especially regretful since we know that there are so few of we “Goodeve’s” around and it would have been an opportunity to learn more about Fred.
To introduce myself, I am Thomas Earl Goodeve. My father, also Thomas Earl Goodeve, served in WW II and was killed in action in the Italian Campaign. Fred Goodeve was my Father’s first cousin.
Another cousin, Wanetta Goodeve, had done a lot or research prior to her passing about the Goodeve family tree but there were not a lot of long branches to follow and she was not too successful at tracing our roots very far back in England. My son presently has her research notes so I cannot see exactly what names are there but of course Fred was one of them.
We became aware of Fred’s whereabouts just over a year ago while visiting my Aunt, Jean Fawcett (nee Goodeve) at Dufferin Oaks. Getting off the elevator we happened to take the wrong corridor to get to her room and met Fred sitting in the hall just outside his room. It was quite a surprise. If we had not seen his name on the wall beside the door we would never have met. Through another of my Aunt’s, Annice Silk (nee Goodeve) we were aware that I had a “Cousin Fred” who pretty much kept to himself. At that time both Aunt Annice and Fred lived on Bythia in Orangeville. We visited Aunt Annice regularly, until her death in an untimely auto accident, but in all our visits she indicated that Fred really was not one to socialize so we never were introduced. She said that she and Fred had a system set up to arrange communications between them but that personal visits were not common at all.
Once becoming aware of Fred’s residence at the Manor my wife and I visited Fred a couple of times combining those visits with trips to see my Aunt. However, she passed away last summer and unfortunately, we have not been to the manor since. Quite by accident again we saw the notice in the Toronto Star and hence this note to offer our sympathy.
We would be very pleased to hear from anyone connected with the Goodeve’s since as you are aware, we are quite rare, and it is always a surprise to run across others related to us.
T. Earl Goodeve