Leonard Goodrich

Leonard J. Goodrich age 85 of Fredericksburg died Saturday morning, November 26, 2011, at the New Hampton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, November 29, 2011, at the United Methodist Church in Fredericksburg with Pastor Shirley Will officiating. Interment will be in Rose Hill Cemetery, Fredericksburg. Friends may greet the family 4:00 – 8:00 p.m. Monday at Hugeback & Chenoweth Funeral Home in Fredericksburg. Visitation continues an hour prior to the funeral at the church on Tuesday. Leonard John Goodrich was born June 29, 1926, on the Goodrich family farm, southwest of Fredericksburg, the only child of Leonard Earl and Ollie (Reay) Goodrich. He received his education in Fredericksburg and was a 1944 graduate of the Fredericksburg High School. On May 2, 1948, at the Little Brown Church, Nashua, he married Betty A. Fisher. To this union four children were born. Leonard and Betty raised their family and farmed southwest of Fredericksburg. In 1976, they moved into Fredericksburg where Leonard drove truck for both the Woodring and Drewelow fur farms. Betty died on June 14, 2004 at the age of 74. Leonard enjoyed his grandchildren, farming, chatting with friends, reading newspapers and watching the Iowa Hawkeyes. Survivors include three sons; Roger (Pat) Goodrich of Frederika; Allan (Diana) Goodrich, Dale (Denise) Goodrich, all of Fredericksburg; one daughter, Jean Hicks of Waverly; thirteen grandchildren; twenty great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; a son-in-law; Denny Hicks.