Terry Goodman

GOODMAN

Dr. Terry B., OD



Dr. Terry B. Goodman, OD of Bedford died peacefully on November 20, 2014. Born in Boston, MA, to the late Myer and Ruth Goodman in 1949. He was a graduate of the very first class from Derryfield High School, and graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 1972, Phi Beta Kappa. After a two year hiatus to Toledo, Ohio where he worked as a musician playing the drums, and also met his future wife, Hilda "Elda" Cordero, Terry returned to New England and earned his Doctorate of Optometry in 1978 from the New England College of Optometry in Boston.

Terry began his optometric practice in Milford, NH. After thirteen years, he met with Dr. David Bellows and with only a handshake, joined him to begin the Bellows, Goodman, Shaker, Siegal Medical Eye Center in Manchester. Recently retired, he was recognized by his practice this month for over 36 years of eye care service to the community.

Terry followed his father's footsteps in community service and joined the Milford Lions Club in 1978. He was a longtime member of the Milford Lions Club. Terry was also known as a national speaker for Lions Club International, and held many offices including Past District Governor, and Past Council Chair.

For 27 years Terry created and organized high-quality charity haunted houses for Lions Club, including the Lions statewide haunted house at Camp Allen in Bedford for many years, then NH Plaza on Elm St. in Manchester and finally at the Fisher Cats stadium in Manchester. His "haunts" raised over $150,000.00 for the NH Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation over the years. For the past four years he also contributed his talents to the PTA Hollis Haunted House, including entertaining the queue line as his signature character "Wendell," the beloved, helpful, wisecracking, crazy nitwit who frightened and delighted the waiting patrons. Terry recently donated his considerable collection of haunting props to the charitable Haunted Overload in Lee, NH, voted one of the top ten haunted attractions in the country.

He was the "Grand Poobah" of charity haunting in New Hampshire, and he will be deeply missed by generations of haunters and patrons alike.

For decades Terry has been a familiar patron at the landmark "Red Arrow Diner" in Manchester and Milford, and has a sandwich named after him, the "Doc Goodman"

Terry is survived by his loving wife of over 41 years, Elda "Hilda" Cordero-Goodman; his daughter, Aleeza; a brother, Malcolm Goodman and his wife Paula; a niece, Rachel Goodman and her husband Robert Duffey, and a grandnephew, Max Duffey.

The funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, November 23, 2014, at Temple Adath Yeshurun, 152 Prospect Street, Manchester, NH, 03104, followed by burial at the Manchester Hebrew Cemetery. The family will be sitting Shiva at Temple Adath Yeshurun on Sunday, November 23, from 12:30 to 4:00 p.m., on Monday, November 24, from 2:00-4:00 p.m., and on Tuesday, November 25, from 6:00-8:00 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in Terry's memory to Lions Club International, lcif.org, or Temple Adath Yeshurun-Rabbi's Discretionary Fund, or Milford Lions Club Scholarship Fund, 21 Mooreland Street, Milford, NH, 03055. Please visit

www.goodwinfh.com

to sign the online guestbook

For years, Terry brought generosity of spirit, his professionalism, and welcomed humor to countless clients, patrons, and friends in New Hampshire and around the world. One of his favorite quotes was from a tombstone in the "cemetery" in the queue line of the Haunted Mansion attraction in Disney World: "Master Gracey, Laid To Rest - No Mourning Please At His Request - Farewell." Farewell indeed to a devoted husband, father, haunter, and friend who will be long remembered.