Lloyd Orval Good b. 22 May 1919 Rantoul, Champaign Co., IL d. 2 Oct 2010 Eureka, Woodford Co., IL: The Schrock-Birkey Connection
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Lloyd Orval Good[1]

Male 1919 - 2010  (91 years)


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  • Name Lloyd Orval Good 
    Birth 22 May 1919  Rantoul, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Farming near Rantoul 
    Religion Mennonite 
    Death 2 Oct 2010  Eureka, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Maple Lawn Health Center
    Burial Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • East Bend Memorial Gardens
    Person ID I4951  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 3 Mar 2018 

    Father Leroy E. Good,   b. 22 Aug 1894   d. 5 Mar 1969 (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Leah Eichelberger,   b. 14 Aug 1895, Rantoul, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 May 1970, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage 20 Jan 1916  Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • By Peter Zehr, at home of John Eichelberger
    Family ID F310  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Verda E. Hershberger,   b. 20 Jan 1920, Union Twp., Elkhart Co., IN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Nov 2017, Eureka, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 97 years) 
    Marriage 11 Jun 1944  Nappanee, Elkhart Co. IN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Pete L. Good,   b. 4 Feb 1958, Champaign, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Oct 2016, Urbana, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
    Family ID F3486  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 11 Sep 2017 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 22 May 1919 - Rantoul, Champaign Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 11 Jun 1944 - Nappanee, Elkhart Co. IN Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 2 Oct 2010 - Eureka, Woodford Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Obit: http://www.ruestmanharrisfuneralhome.com/obituaries/archived/lloyd-good.aspx
      October 6th, 2010
      Eureka-Lloyd O. Good, 91, of Eureka, formerly of Rantoul, IL passed away at 5:40p.m. on Saturday, October 2, 2010 at Maple Lawn Health Center in Eureka.
      He was born on May 22, 1919 in Rantoul, IL a son of LeRoy and Leah Eichelberger Good. He married Verda E. Hershberger on June 11, 1944 in Nappanee, IN. She survives. Other survivors include three sons, Nicholas (Dr. Judith Kooser) Good of Topeka, KS; Pete (Dawn) Good of Rantoul; Jeffery (Kendra) Good of Fisher, IL; one daughter, Katrina Good (Carl Cline) of Rantoul, IL; three sisters, Verda (T.C.) Moyer of Perkasie, PA; Verna Birkey of Eureka; Eunice Birky of Gibson City; eight grandchildren, Leah (Brad) Good Hunsberger, Anna Good, Jacob Good, Laura Good, Johannah Good, Amelia Good, Caleb Good, Jeremy Good; and one great grandson, Ethan Bash. He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Marion Zehr.
      During World War II he was in the Civilian Public Service where he sang in a quartet. After the war he returned to farming near Rantoul, IL. He was a ditch Commissioner in the Rantoul area. He was a member of East Bend Mennonite Church in Fisher, IL where he served as an elder and taught adult Sunday school for many years.
      Lloyd spent his last years at Maple Lawn Health Center in Eureka. He was a loving husband of 66 years, a loving father, grandfather and a caring neighbor.
      Memorial services will be held at 11:00 am on Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at East Bend Mennonite Church in Fisher, IL. Rev. Doug Hicks and Michael Dean will officiate. Visitation will be held on Tuesday evening from 4-7 at the church in Fisher. Cremation rites will be accorded.
      Burial of ashes will be in East Bend Memory Gardens. Argo-Ruestman-Harris Funeral Home in Eureka is assisting the family with arrangements. A memorial service will also be held at 10:00 am on Friday, October 8, 2010 at Maple Lawn Assembly Hall in Eureka. Rev. Doug Hicks will officiate. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Maple Lawn Homes or East Bend Mennonite Church.

      “Not long after the end of the war, Lloyd was discharged and they returned to Fisher, Illinois to live on an 80-acre farm that Lloyd’s parents had bought for them. They lived there until Lloyd’s parents passed away, and then they moved into the thirteen-bedroom farmhouse. . . .” [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S933] Heather Hobson, Callie Clawson, For the GOOD of Others: Verda Good/Not a Shot Fired: Lloyd Good.

    2. [S225] Peter Zehr, East Bend Mennonite Church Records.


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