Arthur L. Goodrich

HUBBARDTON - Arthur Leslie Goodrich, age 73, died Sunday, October 17, 2010, at Rutland Regional Medical Center.

Mr. Goodrich was born in Fuerabush, N.Y., on August 1, 1937. He was the son of Leslie A. and Annabelle (White) Goodrich. He came to Fair Haven with his family in 1944. He received his education in Fair Haven schools. He moved to Hubbardton at the age of 14 and worked on the family farm for 17 years. He later drove truck for Schwerman Trucking in Hudson, N.Y. Art had owned and operated Goodrich Excavation. He had been a woodsman and owned A&A Logging. In 1986, he began a career in railroad demolition and as owner/operator of Goodrich Family Trucking. He had worked all over the United States recovering railroad demolition materials. He was a founding member of the Hubbardton Volunteer Fire Department and had served as chief. He belonged to Center Grange #290 and New Horizon Grange #33. He had also been involved in the Vermont State Grange and was a member of the National Grange. He was a charter member of the Hubbardton Historical Society. He was an avid hunter and was looking forward to taking his grandson, Nick, hunting for his first year as a licensed hunter.

Surviving is his wife, Marie (Dennehey) Goodrich of Hubbardton, whom he married in Guilderland, N.Y., on June 20, 1968; his children, Arthur L. "Gus" Goodrich Jr. and his wife Debra of Terre Haute, Ind., Kathleen A. (Goodrich) Shutter and her husband Randy of Castleton, Joseph L. Goodrich and his wife Lisa (Deyette) of Middletown Springs and Amelia "Amy" (Goodrich) Proctor and her husband Donald of Fair Haven; a brother, Ronald L. Goodrich of Clinton, Utah; five grandchildren, Lee Benefiel of Terre Haute, Ind., Kaley-Jo Chazelle of Oaksdale, Wash., Aaron Goodrich and Elizabeth Goodrich, both of Dumas, Texas, and Nicholas Hollmann of Fair Haven. Several nieces, nephews and cousins also survive him. He was predeceased by his parents; a daughter, Helen Marie Goodrich; and two sisters, Faye Dodge and Martha Goodrich.

The funeral service will be held on Wednesday, October 20, 2010, at 10 a.m. at the Hubbardton Congregational Church. The Rev. Edward Hults, pastor, will officiate. A private graveside committal service and burial will follow in Evergreen Cemetery in Pittsford.

Following the ceremony, the family will receive friends at the Grange/Town Hall on Monument Hill Road in Hubbardton for a time of fellowship and remembrance.

Friends may call at the Mallory Funeral Home in Fair Haven on Tuesday, October 19, from 5-8 p.m.

Memorial gifts, in lieu of flowers, may be made in his memory to The Hubbardton Historical Society, PO Box 383, Castleton, VT 05735; or to Center Grange #290, c/o Dwayne Gibbs, Master, 1127 Monument Hill Road, Castleton, VT 05735.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Mallory Funeral Home in Fair Haven.