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Stephen Goodnough

Posted 2009-01-04 by Sharon
The Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ
October 29, 2008, p. B9

Stephen Goodnough, 83, died Oct. 22 of pulmonary fibrosis. He was the second son of Stephen and Ruth Reid Goodnough of Bellevue (Pittsburgh), Pa.

After graduating from Randolph-Macon Academy in Front Royal, Va., he enlisted in the Army Air Corps. He served as a navigator on a B-29 bomber of the 20th Air Force. After five bombing missions over Japan, his plane did a flyover of Tokyo Bay as the Japanese surrendered to General Douglas MacArthur on the Battleship Missouri.

After obtaining two bachelor of engineering degrees from the University of Pittsburgh, he had a 20-year career as a petroleum engineer. He was a registered professional engineer in Colorado. Due to his love of the Rocky Mountains and skiing, dirt biking, backpacking, fly fishing, sailing, tennis, etc. he turned his weekend ski cabin in Breckenridge, Colo., into his home.

He was active in real estate for 30 years and was owner/broker of Breckenridge Real Estate Co. For a short time he and his brother mineral prospected in the Wickenburg/Bagdad area in 1956, leading to his moving to Vista Royale in 2001 seeking a lower elevation.

His past associations were Sons of the American Revolution, Delta Sigma Phi, Sigma Tau, Sigma Gamma Epsilon, United Presbyterian Church and the American Legion.

He is survived by his brother William Goodnough of Aspen, Colo., and Osprey, Fla.; nephew Gordon Goodnough of Fairfax Station, Va.; niece Gail Miller of Harbor Springs, Mich.; and his long-time companion Bobby Crosswhite. Memorial services and interment will be at a later date at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver, Colo., the resting place of his parents.

Arrangements are under the direction of Wickenburg Funeral Home and Crematory.




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