GEORGE H. GOODRICH

GEORGE HERBERT GOODRICH  
Judge George Herbert Goodrich died on September 22, 2015 in Charlotteville, Virginia at the age of 90. He was born on June 19, 1925 in Charleston, West Virginia to Beulah and Edgar Goodrich. He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Nancy Needham Goodrich; his three sons George and Kathy Goodrich of Bozeman, Montana; Craig and Andie Goodrich of Atlanta, Georgia; and Tom and Mary Goodrich of Charlotteville, Virginia. He is also suvived by his sister Mary Alice Goodrich Houston of Princeton, New Jersey. A graduate of St. Albans School, Williams College and the University of Virginia Law School, Judge Goodrich was appointed in 1969 as an Associate Justice of the Court of General Sessions, later to become the Superior Court of the District of Columbia where he served faithfully, compassionately and with the utmost integrity for 36 years. Prior to his service on the bench, Judge Goodrich practiced law, first with his father's firm of Guggenheimer, Untermeyer, Goodrich and Amram and later as a partner in the firm of Heffelfinger, Schweitzer and Goodrich. In 2005 Judge and Mrs. Goodrich fully retired and moved to Charlottesville Virgina, where they began their married life in 1949. Judge Goodrich served his country in the U.S. Navy in World War II and was active in many civic organizations. He was a member of the Chevy Chase Club, the Metropolitan Club and the National Presbyterian Church where he served as an elder. A memorial service will be held on Sunday, September 27 at 3 p.m. at the Meadows Presbyterian Church in Charlottesville, Virginia with reception to follow.