Milton Roy Good

1911 - 2008  (96 years)

• Name	Milton Roy Good
  Born	20 Jun 1911	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Business	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	President of H. Boehmer & Co.
  		Kitchener-H.Boehmer&Co.-001.jpg
  Residence	1921	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Mennonite
  Died	3 Mar 2008	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region	Bef 2012	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-128857
  Buried	Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I128857	Generations
  Last Modified	1 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Henry Good,   b. 19 Oct 1878, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 May 1955, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Mary Martin,   b. 13 Nov 1883, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 May 1970, Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)
  Married	26 Dec 1905	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Family ID	F6369	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Verna Idell Snider,   b. 1911,   d. 28 Jul 1976, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 65 years)
  Married	1938  [1]
  Children	1. James Milton Good
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2024
  Family ID	F41710	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Margaret Culp,   b. 11 Feb 1912, Vineland, Welland Co., Ontario ,   d. 15 Aug 2015, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 103 years)
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2024
  Family ID	F41712	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Eleanor Young,   b. , Haldimand Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Nov 2001, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2024
  Family ID	F41711	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  MILTON ROY GOOD 1911 - 2008 Milton passed away, unexpectedly at K-W Health Centre of Grand River Hospital on Monday, March 3, 2008, in his 97th year. Milton Roy Good was born on June 20, 1911, on a small farm in Waterloo Township (now in the City of Waterloo) to Henry and Mary (Martin) Good. He was the third child and eldest son in a family of eight and is survived by his brother, Harold; and three sisters, Edna, Erma and Vera. In 1938 he married the late Verna I. Snider and had two sons, James (wife Eva) and John, and two grandsons, Thomas and James. After Verna's death in 1976, he married Eleanor (Young) High. Their marriage ended with the death of Eleanor in 2001. He is survived by his wife, Margaret (Brubacher) Good. In 1927 Milton joined the Royal Bank at the Waterloo branch and for twenty-one years served at several Ontario branches, resigning in 1948 to take on the position of Office Manager at the Kitchener firm of H. Boehmer and Company. In 1961 he became President and General Manager, seeing the firm through a period of substantial expansion until it was sold in 1973. At the age of eighteen, in 1929, he was appointed Treasurer of The Mennonite Mission Board of Ontario, a position he held for the next twenty-one years. In this office he became involved with many church agencies in Canada and the United States where he served as the first Board Chair of Mennonite Mutual Aid which he helped organize. In Canada, he was involved in establishing Conrad Grebel University College and was the first Chair of its Board of Governors. Milton Good was a member of the Board of J. M. Schneider Ltd. for a number of years. He was also President of the K-W Symphony. After retiring from active business in 1976 he became Chair of the Fundraising Committee for the Centre in the Square, successfully completing the financing of that project. In 1974 he established Good Foundation Inc., a private foundation that has supported many charities, mostly in the Waterloo region. In 1995 he was the guest of honour at the annual dinner sponsored by the Mayor of Kitchener, and in 1996 he was elected to the Waterloo County Hall of Fame. Relatives and friends are invited to share memories of Milton during visitation at the Erb & Good Family Funeral Home , 171 King Street South in Waterloo, on Friday, March 7 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. The funeral service to celebrate Milton's life will be held at Erb Street Mennonite Church, 131 Erb Street West, Waterloo, on Saturday, March 8, 2008 at 11 a.m. with Rev. Eleanor Epp-Stobbe officiating. Following the service, everyone is invited to remain at the church for refreshments and a time to visit with the family. Private interment at Parkview Cemetery. Condolences for the family and memorial donations to Conrad Grebel University College or the Mennonite Central Committee may be arranged by contacting the funeral home at 519-745-8445 or www.erbgood.com. In living memory of Milton, a donation will be made to the Trees for Learning Program by the funeral home. The Record 4 Mar 2008 _____________________ Milton R. Good was born in 1911 in Waterloo Township. After completing a commercial course at Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School, he worked for the Royal Bank for twenty-one years. In 1948, he joined H. Boehmer and Company where he became President and General Manager. His record of service to the community is impressive. He was first chairman of the Board of Governors of Conrad Grebel College on which he served for twenty-one years. He was involved with the founding of Fairview Mennonite Home, Rockway Mennonite Collegiate, Mennonite Mutual Aid, Eastwood Mennonite Community Homes Inc. and the Mennonite Publishing Service. He was president of the K-W Symphony Orchestra and chaired the committee which raised the final $2.5 million to finance Kitchener's Centre in the Square. Good established the charitable Good Foundation in 1974 and assisted in the management of the Eastwood Community, Kitchener. He was guest of honour at the Mayor's Dinner in 1995. Waterloo Region Hall of Fame

  
  

• Sources

  [S490] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - The Record (1994-March 2008), Obituary of Milton Roy Good - 4 Mar 2008. [S2088] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1921, Sud District 3 - Lexington 1921 Page 21. [S220] Waterloo Region Hall of Fame Waterloo Region Hall of Fame. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 019725-06. Henry GOOD, 27, farmer, Woolwich, Waterloo Twp, s/o Menno GOOD & Joanna MARTIN married Mary MARTIN, 22, Woolwich, Woolwich, d/o Isaac MARTIN & Esther BOWMAN, witn: Menno GOOD & Susie MARTIN both of Woolwich, 26 December 1905 in Woolwich

  
  

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  Born - 20 Jun 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Business - President of H. Boehmer & Co. - - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1921 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 3 Mar 2008 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region - Bef 2012 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth