Arthur Thomas Goodspeed
Arthur Thomas Goodspeed
Arthur Thomas Goodspeed
1921-2015
Arthur Thomas Goodspeed, 94, Maryville, Missouri, died Monday, September 7, 2015, at Nodaway Nursing Home, Maryville, Missouri.
Art was born May 21, 1921, in Bedford, Iowa to Edwin Ogden and Esther Elma (Faris) Goodspeed.
A 1939 graduate of Maryville High School, he received his BS in Agriculture Education from the University of Missouri. He had been an Ag teacher, farmer and was a rural mail carrier for 36 years.
He married Martha M. Mumford October 26, 1943, in Kansas City, Missouri.
Art was a member of the Maryville First Christian Church, James Edward Gray American Legion Post #100, and National Rural Letter Carrier Association.
Preceding him in death were his parents, wife Martha Goodspeed (December 17, 1989), step-mother Glen Goodspeed (March 3, 1999), two sons Ronald (June 23, 1983) and Alan (September 18, 2013).
Surviving him are his son Richard (Wanda) Goodspeed, Maryville; two daughters Carole (Jerry) Protzman, San Tan, Arizona and Karen (Dennis) Dakan, Maryville; nine grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; two daughters-in-law Fran Goodspeed, Fullerton, Nebraska and Delma Goodspeed, Maryville; two sisters Ruth Parman, Spokane, Washington and Helen Otis, Williamsburg, Virginia and sister-in-law Irene Brown, Maryville.
Graveside Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, September 26, 2015, at Miriam Cemetery, Maryville.
Military Honors and James Edward Gray American Legion Post #100 will provide military graveside services.
Memorials may be made to The ALS Association, Gift Processing Center, PO Box 605, Albert Lea, MN 56007 or SSM Hospice and Home Care, 2016 South Main, Maryville, MO 64468
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