Dr. Vera Mary Good

1915 - 2019  (103 years)

• Name	Vera Mary Good
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	13 Nov 1915	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1921	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Mennonite
  Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region	Bef 2012	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Interesting	education
  Name	Vera Mary Miller
  Name	Vera Mary Nowakowski
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-150937
  Died	19 Mar 2019	Simcoe, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I150937	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 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   [3]
  Family ID	F6369	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Antoni "Talleck" Nowakowski,   b. CA 1910,   d. 1976  (Age ~ 66 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F23196	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	W. Scott Miller,   b. CA 1910,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F53790	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Vera M. Good was born on a farm north of Waterloo in 1914. She left school at Grade 8 and while working for Kaufman Rubber Co., completed Grades 9-12 by private study. She took Grade 13 at K-W Collegiate Institute and won a scholarship. After completing a one-year course in teacher education, she taught for two years and worked with the Mennonite Relief Association in India in the 1940s. She earned a degree in Social Work and Education from Goshen College, Indiana and an M.A. in education (gifted children) at Northwestern University, Illinois. Good was one of the first women's principals in Etobicoke and was the first woman supervisor of education in the Province. After completing her PhD at Columbia University, she was appointed an inspector for the Ontario Ministry of Education. She was a department head at TV Ontario for fifteen years and after retirement helped set up educational networks in Jamaica and Belize. Waterloo Region Hall of Fame _____________________ GOOD, Vera Mary 1915 - 2019 Vera Mary Good died on Tuesday, March 19, at Norview Lodge in Simcoe in her 104th year. Born on a small farm in what is now the City of Waterloo on November 13, 1915, she was the 5th child of Henry and Mary (Martin) Good. Her siblings are all deceased: Viola, Lorene, Milton, Edna, Erma, Robert, and Harold. She had no children herself but was a favorite aunt to 12 nieces and nephews. The family is particularly grateful to Joan and Paul Good and to Mary Beth and Brad Smith for their care and oversight of Vera during her final years in Simcoe. Vera had a long and interesting life recently chronicled in a biography by Nancy Silcox. She was at heart a teacher, beginning her own life-long education in a one-room rural school and culminating in 1965 with a doctoral degree from Columbia University in New York. Her professional career started as a teacher of grades 1 to 8 at Riverbank School near Breslau, but was interrupted by a stint in India serving with the Mennonite Central Committee after WWII. Vera, specializing in programs for gifted children, became only the second female principal appointed by the Township of Etobicoke. She was the first woman to be appointed to the rank of inspector with Ontario's Department of Education. When Educational Television was established in Ontario in 1965 she was part of the original team. She was a co-winner of a Gemini Award in 2010 for her work as the original producer of "Polka Dot Door," TVO's longest running series. In 1971 Vera married Antoni "Talleck" Nowakowski. They lived in Toronto's Rosedale until his death in 1976. In June of 2010, Vera received an honourary Doctor of Letters degree from Wilfred Laurier University. She delivered the convocation address to a standing ovation, although by that time legally blind. Vera was herself until the very end. She maintained her independent spirit, good sense of humour, and general interest in life and those around her. She will be missed. As per her wishes, cremation has taken place and burial will be at the Erb Street Mennonite Church Cemetery in Waterloo. A memorial gathering is being planned for a yet-to-be-determined date. Information will be made available on the Erb & Good Family Funeral Home website www.erbgood.com. GOOD, Vera Mary - www.therecord.com | TheRecord.com. (2019). Therecord.com. Retrieved 23 March 2019, from https://www.therecord.com/announcements-obituaries-memorials/obituaries-death-notices/9236195-good-vera-mary/?fbclid=iwar0b_hokgnp2jrpjmfhna_-bw9obg7wdlekbilwj02qww23y5-ksxgopeaq

  
  

• Sources

  [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 - 13 Nov 1915 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1921 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region - Bef 2012 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 19 Mar 2019 - Simcoe, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth