Dr. Eugene Goodman

NEWPORT NEWS - Dr. Eugene Goodman, 78, died Friday, June 1, 2007. He was born Dec. 21, 1928, in Wilson, N.C., to Abraham and Anna Goodman. He served as an optometric officer in the U.S. Army. He was a graduate of the Pennsylvania State College of Optometry. He opened his own optometry practice in Phoebus and was in practice over 50 years. He also had an office in Newport News as part of Riverside Hampton Roads Eye Associates. He was president of Tidewater Optometric Society and of the Virginia Academy of Optometry. He was a member of Rodef Sholom Temple and of Monitor Lodge #197 A.F.&A.M. Dr. Goodman retired in 2001. He was preceded in death by his sister, Phyllis Kemack and her husband, Daniel. Survivors include his beloved wife, Evelyn Sharf Goodman, to whom he was married for 56 years and they worked together for 50 of those years; his daughter, Terry Goodman Cobb and her husband, George; his son and business partner for 20 years, Dr. Andrew Goodman and his wife, Martha; two grandsons, Noel Goodman and his wife, Eva, and Jeffrey Hardin and his fiancée, Emily Boyer; great-grandson, Ethan; his brother, Stanley Goodman and his wife, Lena; brothers-in-law, Jerry Sharf and his wife, Norma, and Brent Sharf and his wife, Laurel; and sister-in-law, Pattie Cramer. A funeral service will be conducted 2 p.m. Sunday at Rodef Sholom Temple by Rabbi Gilah Dror followed by burial in Rosenbaum Memorial Park. Memorial donations may take the form of contributions to the American Cancer Society, 11835 Canon Blvd., Suite A-102, Newport News, VA 23606, or the Rodef Sholom Temple, 318 Whealton Road, Hampton, VA 23666. Peninsula Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Published in the Daily Press from 6/2/2007 - 6/3/2007.
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