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Edward Lee Gooding

1947 - 2017

BORN

1947

DIED

2017

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Duker & Haugh Funeral Home

823 Broadway St

Quincy, Illinois

Edward Gooding Obituary

Edward Lee Gooding, 69, of Paloma, died Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, at his home.

He was born July 29, 1947, in Quincy, a son of Melvin and Opal Cleseen Gooding. Ed married Rhonda Conover on Sept. 17, 2016; she survives.

Ed graduated from Central High School in 1967. Ed was a mentor for many youths; he took the time to be with them to teach them hunting and fishing skills that he enjoyed so much.

He had worked at Harris and was a machinist at Hollister-Whitney until his retirement in 2013.

In addition to his wife, Rhonda, he is survived by his mother, Opal Gooding; one daughter, Amanda (David) Norvell; three stepdaughters, Wendy (Kevin) Harris, Stephanie Oberling and Teri Oberling; grandchildren, Pierce and Sydney Norvell, Hannah Lair, Ayden and Charleigh Oberling, Laaken Elfritz, and Alex, Andrew and Emily Harris; one sister, Janet (Larry) Wilkey; two brothers, Virgil (Carolyn) Gooding and Milton (Georgia) Gooding; sisters-in-law, Teresa Conover, Tami Darnell, Becky (Gene) Walton and Mary Tennis; and nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews and great-great-nieces and great-great-nephews.

He was preceded in death by his father, Melvin, and brother, Kim Gooding.

SERVICES: 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 16, at Duker and Haugh Funeral Home, Quincy, with the Rev. Sheri Renner conducting. Interment will be in Paloma Cemetery.

VISITATION: 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 15, at Duker and Haugh Funeral Home.

MEMORIALS: Paloma Cemetery or Paloma United Methodist Church.

WEBSITE: dukerandhaugh.com.

ARRANGEMENTS: Duker and Haugh Funeral Home, Quincy.

Condolences may be expressed online at whig.com.

Published by Herald-Whig from Jan. 13 to Jan. 15, 2017.
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So sorry for the loss of your love one.May the
God of comfort,comfort your family in times of
sorrow.2 Corthians1: 3 & 4.

January 18, 2017

Mike, Lisa, Kayt & Zac Brierton

January 16, 2017

Rhonda thinking of you. Prayers for you and Ed's family.

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