Doris Maxine Goode

Doris Maxine (Bell) Goode, age 97, of Albia, passed away on Tuesday, February 20, 2018, at the Monroe Care Center in Albia. Doris was born on January 26, 1921, in Bluff Creek Township in Monroe County to Samuel and Farrie (Turner) Bell. She graduated from Moravia High School with the Class of 1938. She later graduated from Albia Junior College and then attended Iowa State University in Ames. On June 20, 1945, she married Ralph L. Goode. To this union, 2 children were born, John and Marianne. Doris and Ralph shared 52 years of marriage prior to his passing on September 9, 1997. Doris worked at the ASCS office as a bookkeeper prior to WWII when she and her sister went to Vancouver and she worked as a clerk in the shipyards. Upon returning home and having children, Doris was a homemaker. When her children were raised, she helped as a bookkeeper at their family business, Goode Seed and Feed. She was a faithful member of the First Christian Church in Albia. Doris was active and very generous with her time, volunteering for Cub Scouts, Girl Scouts, Women’s Club, BPW (Business and Professional Women), and different church groups, including teaching Sunday School and Vacation Bible School. She was a loving wife and mother and loved spending time with her family and friends, especially her grandchildren. She enjoyed genealogy and being outdoors, doing things such as flower gardening and teaching her children how to fish. She also enjoyed antiquing and collecting antiques. Doris is survived by her sister, Veryle Bell Grimes of Albia; a son, John S. (Sue) Goode of Albia; a daughter, Marianne (Bruce) Goode Nodurft of Manchester, IA; and her grandchildren, Diane (Brian) Nodurft Fiderlein of St. Louis Park, MN, Brian (Barb Natividad) Nodurft of Chicago, IL, Kyle (Racheal) Nodurft of West Des Moines, IA and their children Sara and Natalie, Erik (Jennifer) Goode of Waukee, IA and their children Emma and Allison, and Aimee (Jonathan) Goode Head of Brentwood, TN and their children, Elizabeth and Samuel. She is preceded in death by her husband, Ralph and her parents, Sam and Farrie Bell. Visitation will be held from 1:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Thursday, February 22, 2018, at the Tharp Funeral Home with Doris’s family present from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. to greet family and friends. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, February 23, 2018, at the First Christian Church in Albia with Pastor Lynda Carlson officiating. Burial will follow services at Oak View Cemetery in Albia. A memorial has been established to the First Christian Church in Albia.

Doris Maxine Goode

January 26, 1921 - February 20, 2018