Genealogy Record For
Earl Godown - (Mark's 4th Cousin, 1x removed)
Earl Schaible Godown (03/28/1923-03/28/2016)
  • Spouse: Ruth Evelyn Stickell (Godown) (01/23/1925-07/06/1999)
  • Children:
    1. Daughter: Lois Elaine Godown (Wieloch) (hidden)
    2. Son: (Bob) Robert Lee Godown (hidden)
    3. Son: (Denny) Dennis Earl Godown (hidden)
    4. Son: Michael Wayne Godown (hidden)
    5. Son: Jonathan Scot Godown (hidden)
  • Parents
    1. Father: Noah Pursell Godown (05/08/1886-12/26/1967)
    2. Mother: Emma Letisha Mellick (Godown) (12/28/1895-09/04/1969)
  • Siblings
    1. Halfbrother: Wilbur Godown (2 Sep 1907 - 5 Mar 1977) B:Bucks County, Pennsylvania, D:Wellsville, Allegany County, New York, Son of Bessie I Lerch (1890-1920), Married Frieda J Gallmeyer (1910-2009) and they had two children, Burial at Milford Union Cemetery, Milford, Hunterdon Co., New Jersey)
    2. Halfbrother: (Patty) Clarence Godown (1 Aug 1909 - 18 Jul 1995) B:Milford, Hunterdon Co., New Jersey, D:Frenchtown, Hunterdon Co., New Jersey, Son of Bessie I Lerch (1890-1920), Married Mabel Verga Hillpot (1913-2003) and they had 3 children, Burial in Frenchtown Cemetery, Frenchtown, Hunterdon Co., New Jersey)
    3. Halfsister: Lillian Godown (Pethybridge - Hobbyhorse) (18 JUL 1911 - 1 JUL 1973) B:Upper Black Eddy, Bucks Co, Pennsylvania, D:South Lake Tahoe, El Dorado Co., California, Daughter of Bessie I Lerch (1890-1920), Married 1) Arthur Henry Pethybridge (1905-1961) then married 2) William Hobbyhorse, Burial at Happy Homestead Cemetery, South Lake Tahoe, El Dorado Co., California)
    4. Halfbrother: Harry L Godown (12 Jul 1913 - 29 Oct 1915) B&D:Milford, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA, Daughter of Bessie I Lerch (1890-1920), Burial with parants at Milford Union Cemetery, Milford, Hunterdon Co., New Jersey (Infant)
    5. Halfsister: (Dot) Dorothy M Godown (Hollo) (Hidden)
    6. Sister: Edith Bernice Godown (Black) (10 MAR 1924 - 30 SEP 1971) B:Holland, Hunterdon, New Jersey, D:Hayward, Alameda, California, Married Harry Black (1908-1961) and they had one child, Burial at Riegelsville Union Cemetery, Riegelsville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania)
    7. Brother: Norman Mellick Godown (2 JUL 1925 - 24 MAR 1974) B:New Jersey, D:Pennsylvania, Married Florence M Alercia (1930-2012) and they had 3 children, Burial with wife at Bloomsbury Cemetery, Greenwich Township, Warren Co., New Jersey)
    8. Brother: Herbert Stem Godown (15 DEC 1930 - 13 JUL 2008) B:Milford, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, D:Quakertown, Bucks, Pennsylvania, Married Shirley May Young (1932-1997) on 10 Nov 1956 and they had 3 children, Burial with wife at Durham Cemetery, Durham, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania )
    9. Sister: Nancy Jeanette Godown (Vegh) (Hidden)
    10. Halfbrother: (Popcorn) Harry Arthur Kinney (Jun. 26, 1916 - Mar. 12, 1980) B&D:Hunterdon County, New Jersey, Son of Charles L Kinney (1893-1919), Married (Peachy) Doris Unknown (1922-2005) and they had one daughter, Burial at Milford Union Cemetery, Milford, Hunterdon Co., New Jersey)
    11. Halfsister: Arlene Mellick Kinney (Bellis) (Sep. 26, 1919 - Jun. 12, 2002) B&D:Milford, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, Daughter of Charles L Kinney (1893-1919), Married Frank Grim Bellis (1917-1981) and they had one daughter, Burial at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Hunterdon Co., New Jersey)
Earl's Personal Information
Born in Milford, Hunterdon Co., New Jersey (NJ), USA on Wednesday, March 28, 1923
Died in Vero Beach, Indian River Co., Florida (FL), USA on Monday, March 28, 2016 (Age 93)
Marriage to:
    Ruth Evelyn Stickell (Godown) (01/23/1925-07/06/1999) on Sunday, May 10, 1942 (Age 19)
     - in Milford, Hunterdon Co., New Jersey (NJ), USA
Comments: Age 7 - 1930 US Census - Living in Milford, Hunterdon Co., New Jersey on 120 Little York Road, Family Members (Name - Age): Noah Godown - 44, Emma L Godown - 34, Dorothy M Godown - 12, Earl S Godown - 7, Edith B Godown - 6, Norman N Godown - 4, Harry A Kinney - 13

Earl S. Godown - Obituary

Vero Beach, FL

Earl S. Godown passed away on Monday, March 28, 2016 at his home, it was his 93rd birthday.  He was born in Milford, NJ, the son of the late Noah Pursell Godown and Emma L. Melick Godown.

A WWII veteran, he served with the US Navy aboard the minesweeper USS Strive and went to the Western Mediterranean in April 1943. Over the next year and a half, his ship participated in the invasions of Sicily, Salerno, Anzio and Southern France and provided escort and minesweeping services elsewhere in the area and in the Pacific until the war ended.

Earl worked for the Riegel Paper Corporation after being honorably discharged from the service and until his retirement in 1985. He was a long time Borough of Milford councilman and oversaw the completion of the town's first sewer system in 1968. He was an avid hunter and fisherman and a founding member of the Milford Farmer Sportsman Club. Earl moved to Vero Beach, FL in 2003. 

Preceded in death by his wife of 58 years, Ruth Evelyn Stickel in 1999. He is survived by his daughter, Lois E. Wieloch of Union Hall, VA; sons, Robert L. Godown of Milford, NJ, Dennis E. Godown of Easton, PA, Michael W. Godown of Silver Spring, MD and Jonathan S. Godown of Chester, NJ; 10 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren; sister, Nancy Vegh of Upper Black Eddy, PA and a half-sister Dorothy Hollo of Cambridge, New York. 

Private services will be arranged at a future date. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the VNA Hospice Foundation, 1110 35th Lane, Vero Beach, FL 32960. Online condolences may be made at www.coxgiffordseawinds.com

Source: Michael Godown and
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