Budd Roger "Bud" Goodrich

Budd Roger Goodrich

May 3, 1933 - June 30, 2025

No better than the least of you: pinboy, common laborer, bartender,
A pilgrim passing thru, next door neighbor, "Bud" to all, wanderer bound
for next world, a shred of the eternal story,
Enjoyed it overall, veteran, steelmill worker, learner, teacher, traveler on the road of life,
Grateful to befriend you in passing by….

Family and friends are invited to celebrate Budd's life by attending:

Rosary and visitation
Friday, August 15 at 5:00 p.m. at Saint Mary's Chapel, 6509 Fruitridge Rd., Sacramento, with reception following.

Funeral Mass
Saturday, August 16, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. at Saint Mary's Chapel, 6509 Fruitridge Rd., Sacramento, with reception following.
Please wear your favorite colorful outfit as Budd loved color and didn't like to see people wearing black clothes at funerals. (His favorite color was orange.)

Burial with military honors
Monday, August 18 at 10:00 a.m. at Saint Mary's Cemetery, 6700 21st Avenue, Sacramento.

Budd Roger Goodrich was born Walter William Hall, Jr. on May 3, 1933 to Walter, Sr. and Vernadean in Kankakee, Illinois. He was the second of three children: his older brother, Wayne, and his younger sister, Janet, rounded out the family. Budd's mother passed away when he was 3 years old, and he was adopted by his mother's brother. At 17, Budd joined the Air Force, fibbing that he was already an 18-year old adult so they would let him enlist. While in the Air Force, he was stationed at numerous locations, including Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas, Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina, and Otis Air National Guard Base on Cape Cod (which he loved because he could attend Boston University football games, as well as a formal dance at Harvard University). Afterwards, Budd was sent to Personnel Management School at Darmstadt University of Technology in Germany to learn "computers" back in the day when they had card files. He later attended Officer Candidate School and became a sergeant. He served in the "Chair Force" (his words) from 1950 to 1954 until he was 21 years old. Then, from November 1954 to February 1958, he attended German Language School in Oberammergau, Germany, where he was part of the 32nd Signal Corps. He took advanced German language at Bradley University in Illinois in the Fall of 1958 and passed a German language college test while serving in Darmstadt, Germany that specialized in electrical engineering (and made rockets to aim at Russia). While serving his country, he had the opportunity to visit Belgium, Luxembourg, Holland, Sweden, France, England, Ireland, Scotland, Austria, Denmark, and Norway.

Budd graduated from San Francisco State University with a Masters degree in Creative Arts. He taught at a Catholic middle school in Chicago, as well as adult education at Folsom State Prison. He was a MUNI bus driver in San Francisco, private investigator for the State of California Department of Insurance in Los Angeles, a photographer, Del Monte cannery worker, a contributing writer for a local newspaper, a clerk for the Department of Motor Vehicles, and a realtor in Sacramento. He loved baseball, golf, swimming, football, art, museums, documentaries, the outdoors, and traveling. He had an affinity for introducing the people in his life to new adventures and will be lovingly remembered for the great memories he made with us all.

Budd was preceded in passing by his brother and sister-in-law, Wayne (Joan) Goodrich, and sister, Janet Goodrich Fillinger. After an amazing 92-years of life, he went to be with the Lord on June 30, 2025, after final goodbyes, prayers, and loving words from many family members and friends. Budd is survived by his wife, Meden Lizon-Goodrich, of 37 years; his children, Dirk Francoeur, Laura Goodrich, Katherine (Raef) Porter-Lizon, Krystyan Lizon, MaryGrace Goodrich; and his grandchildren, Erik, Zachary, and Julia Safford, Genevieve and Aysa Porter-Lizon, and numerous nieces and nephews.