Bruce Goodpasture

Bruce Goodpasture, of Roanoke, died Friday, April 23, 2010. He was 91. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Margaret Black Goodpasture. Also surviving are two d aughters, Ellen Everett and her husband, Glenn, of Pembroke, Mass., and Emily Bruce Roosma and her husband, Garret, of Hugo, Minn.; and four grandsons, Colin Roosma, of New York City, Ian Bruce Roosma and his wife, Kate, of Chicago, John Everett, of Pembroke, Mass., and Peter Everett, of Boston. Bruce was a retired editor and publisher for the Small Business Administration in Washington, D.C. He was a graduate of the School of Journalism of the University of Missouri, and held a Masters Degree in history from Georgetown University. He and his family lived in Arlington for 45 years before moving to Roanoke in 2004. In World War II, he was a Navy Pharmacist Mate with the Fourth Marine Division. He made the invasions of Roi-Namur, Saipan and Tinian. In Roanoke, Bruce delivered Meals on Wheels. He was a member of Windsor Hills United Methodist Church, the Big Lick Kiwanis Club, the National Press Club, the American Historical Association, and the American Civil Liberties Union. Visiting will be at Oakey's South Chapel on Brambleton Ave., 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. on Monday April 26, 2010. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 27, 2010, at Windsor Hills United Methodist Church. The Rev. Thomas Lee and the Rev. Branan Thompson Jr. will officiate. Interment will be in the Goodpasture plot in Knoll Kreg Cemetery in Abingdon. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorial gifts be made to Windsor Hills United Methodist Church. Arrangements by Oakey's South Chapel & Crematory, 540-989-3131.