Henry Good

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• Eby ID Number: 00075-4298.8
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Domestic
• Occupation: 1905, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Milk Pedler
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Teamster
• Residence: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Henry Good, "born October 19th, 1878, resides at home."


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

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Good, -- Henry, son of the late Menno and Joanna (Martin) Good, was born in Woolwich Township, Oct. 19, 1877; died suddenly at his home near Waterloo, Ont., May 14, 1955; aged 77 y. 6 m. 25 d. On Dec. 26, 1905, he was united in marriage to Mary Martin who survives him. He is also survived by 8 children (Viola, Goshen, Ind.; Lorene-Mrs. George Collier, Upland, Calif.; Milton, Lexington, Ont.; Edna, Argentina, South America; Vera, Toronto, Ont.; Erma-Mrs. Daniel Collier, Upland, Calif.; Robert, Simcoe, Ont.; and Harold, Waterloo), one brother (Amos, Waterloo), and 8 grandchildren. He was a member and regular attendant at the Erb Street Mennonite Church. Funeral services were held at the Erb Street Church on May 17, with J. B. Martin officiating. Interment was made in the Erb Street Mennonite Cemetery.

Gospel Herald - Volume XLVIII , Number 23 - June 7, 1955 - page 552.

Henry married Mary Martin 26 Dec 1905, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Isaac D. Martin and Esther M. Bauman) was born 13 Nov 1883, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 May 1970, Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Erb Street Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-154834
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Good, Viola M., 86. Born: June 13, 1907, Woolwich Twp., Ont., to Henry and Mary Martin Good. Died: Sept. 24 ,1993, Simcoe, Ont., of a heart attack. Survivors - brothers and sisters: Milton R., Harold H., Edna Ruibal, Erma Collier, Vera. Funeral: Sept. 27, Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Chapel, by Doug Snyder. Memorial service: Oct. 13, Goshen College, Burial: Erb St. Mennonite Cemetery.

GOSPEL HERALD - Volume 86, Number 45 - November 16, 1993 - pg 15

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• Name: Lorene Good
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-154835
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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• Business: Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; President of H. Boehmer & Co.
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-128857
• Residence: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region: Bef 2012, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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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

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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

Milton married Verna Idell Snider 1938. Verna (daughter of Addison S. Snider and Lydia Shirk) was born 1911; died 28 Jul 1976, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Milton — Margaret Culp. Margaret was born 11 Feb 1912, Vineland, Welland Co., Ontario; died 15 Aug 2015, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Erb Street Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Milton — Eleanor Young. Eleanor was born , , Haldimand Co., Ontario, Canada; died 2 Nov 2001, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-297917
• Residence: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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• Interesting: education
• Name: Vera Mary Miller
• Name: Vera Mary Nowakowski
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-150937
• Residence: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region: Bef 2012, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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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.


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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.

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Vera — Antoni "Talleck" Nowakowski. Antoni was born CA 1910; died 1976. [Group Sheet]

Vera — W. Scott Miller. W. was born CA 1910; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-297919
• Residence: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-181546

Robert — Jean Eileen Weber. (daughter of Wellington W. Weber and Seleda Shantz) [Group Sheet]

James — Eva Mae Brubacher. (daughter of Abner G. Brubacher and Arminta Snyder) [Group Sheet]

Paul — Joan Elizabeth Miller. (daughter of W. Scott Miller and Evelyn Ward) [Group Sheet]