Obituary of Harry G. Gooding

HARRY G. GOODING JR. , age 87, a life long resident of Hackensack and WWII survivor died September 2, 2009. Beloved husband for 63 years to Marion (nee) Vreeland; devoted son of Harry Sr. and Lucia; loving father of Harry G. Gooding III and his wife Barbara, Barbara J. Gooding and Linda Ottstadt and her husband John. Cherished grandfather of Lisa Crooks and her husband Rory, Steven Gooding, Kristen Tinson and her husband, Eric, and Melissa, John and Christopher Ottstadt. A proud great grandfather to Ryan and Daniel Crooks and Clara Tinson. Dearest brother to Ruth Lydecker and her predeceased husband Charles, uncle to Marilyn Bowen and her husband Ralph, Darien Newlander and her predeceased husband John. Harry was the last surviving member of the original 5 veterans who salvaged and brought the USS LING 297 to Hackensack as a memorial to all men lost on submarines during WWII. He was a life long member as Captain of Historic Naval Ships Association, Past President of Historic Naval Ships of the World, Inc., full member of the United States Power Squadron with the rank of Junior Navigator, the Palisades Power Squadron, the Submarine Memorial Association, VFW, American Legion, and the Bergen County Railroad Club. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the First Presbyterian Church located at 64 Passaic Street, Hackensack, N.J. 07601. Friends and family are invited to gather Friday, September 11, 2009 from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., at the G. Thomas Gentile Funeral Service, 397 Union Street, Hackensack, N.J. 07601. A memorial service will follow at this location at 12:45. Inurnment will be in George Washington Memorial Park Cemetery located at 234 Paramus Road, Paramus, N.J. at 2 p.m. with a reception held at the First Presbyterian Church in Fellowship Hall at 3 p.m.