Good, Noah G. (1905-2002)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2002 Jul 8 p. 8

Birth date: 1905

text of obituary:

NOAH G. GOOD

Noah G. Good, 97, of Lancaster, Pa., died June 26, 2002, at Mennonite Home. He was born to Milton and Fannie (Gehman) Good in Mohnton in Berks County.

He married Ella K. Shank, who died in 1973. He then married Mary Elizabeth Lutz in 1974.

He was dean at Lancaster Mennonite High School from 1942 to 1970. He continued to teach there until his retirement in 1977. Prior to his tenure at LMHS, he was a teacher and principal at Caenarvon Twp. High School in Morgantown.

He was ordained in 1937 and served several churches in the Reading area, at Chestnut Street Mennonite Church in Lancaster and retired from Ephrata Mennonite Church in 1978. He served on several committees for the Mennonite Church at large.

He graduated from Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Va., and received a bachelor's degree in biology from Elizabethtown College and a master's degree in education from the University of Pennsylvania.

He served as pastor for the Pax program in Europe in 1957-58. He was a translator for the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society until 2001.

Survivors include his wife of 28 years, Mary; a son, Milton of Elizabethtown; three daughters, Lois Stockheim of Harrisonburg, Doris Baumberger of Harrisonburg and Ruth Denlinger of Fulks Run, Va.; a brother, Arthur; 13 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Ella; three brothers, a grandson and a great-granddaughter.

Services took place at Ephrata Mennonite Church. Burial was in Mellinger's Mennonite Cemetery in Lancaster.