Jeff Goin

GOIN, Jeff Beloved husband, father, brother, son and friend Jeff Goin passed away August 13, 2005 at the Cross Cancer Institute in Edmonton. Born in Wetaskiwin on September 30, 1950, Jeff grew up in Thorsby and lived most of his life in Edmonton. He was the son of Thorsby veterinarian and Second World War veteran James Goin and his British-born war bride Jean Dale. After graduating from Lindsay Thurber Composite High School in Red Deer, Jeff attended the University of Calgary and then the University of Alberta, where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree, and he later earned a Masters degree in Education from San Diego State University. He became a teacher with Edmonton Public Schools, specializing in Language Arts, and taught at several schools over the course of his 27-year career. In the ten years leading up to his retirement in 2001, he taught at M.E. LaZerte High School. Beyond his calling as an educator, Jeff was a skilled carpenter and builder. His eclectic interests included literature, philosophy, art and music. A lifelong athlete, he was an avid hockey and rugby player and a skier. Predeceased by his father, mother and sister-in-law Missy Goin, Jeff will be lovingly remembered and acutely missed by his wife Sharon McMinn, sons Les and Josh Goin, Andrew, Ryan and Neil King-McMinn, his brother James Goin and sisters Jennifer Goin and Helene Popik, father and mother-in-law Bob and Nora McMinn, and first wife Nancy Goin. He also leaves behind grandsons Justin and Zachary Goin, nephews Jon and Tyler Goin, and nieces Karen Popik, Jackie Sturko and Amanda Popik. His extended families and enormous circle of friends and former students will cherish the memory of a man who was eternally honest and honourable, generous and warm-hearted, loyal and forgiving, and a great Albertan and Canadian. The world is poorer for his passing. The family wishes to acknowledge the competence and kindness of Dr. Tony Reiman and the staff on Unit 30-31 at the Cross Cancer Institute. Funeral Services will be held at St. Paul's United Church, 11526 - 76 Avenue, on Wednesday, August 17, at 2:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the Cross Cancer Institute.