Good, Nelson Weaver (1944-2005)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2005 Aug 1 p. 9

Birth date: 1944 May 16

text of obituary:

NELSON WEAVER GOOD

Nelson W. Good, 61, of Washington, D.C., died July 13, 2005, at his home after a six-month battle with cancer. He was born May 16, 1944, to Ruth and Ira Good at his parents' dairy farm near Lititz, Pa.

In 1968, he graduated from Eastern Mennonite University with a bachelor's in sociology, later receiving a master's in urban sociology from Catholic University in 1973.

On Aug. 18, 1968, he married Betty Wenger and moved to Washington, D.C., as a conscientious objector and volunteer with Eastern Mennonite Missions.

He lived in Washington, D.C., all of his adult life. As a "practical visionary, he cultivated numerous forms of urban community, with programs related to Church of the Saviour; For Love of Children (FLOC); the Thurgood Marshall Center; an urban study program for Eastern Mennonite University (WSSY/WCSC's founding director); and the Rolling Ridge Study Retreat Community in West Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains. Volunteers under his direction have served with more than 40 social service agencies in Washington, D.C.

He was an active member of Community House Church, an ecumenical faith community in the Anabaptist/Mennonite tradition.

Survivors include his wife of 36 years, Betty Wenger Good; a son Ryan and his wife, Hannah Dueck, of Elkhart, Ind.; a daughter, Deborah, of Philadelphia, Pa.; and a son, Jason, of Harrisonburg, Va.; and six brothers, Carl, Leon, Merle, Luke, Howard and Linford, all of whom reside in Pennsylvania.

Services were held at Capital Christian Fellowship, and hosted by Community House Church. Burial was at Mellinger Mennonite Church Cemetery in Lancaster, Pa.