oebgoodw.html

The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, OR., August 20, 1931, page 1

INJURIES PROVE FATAL TO LYLE RESIDENT
Earl B. Goodwin Crushed Under Truck, Dies In Hospital
------------
(Daily of August 19)

Earl B. Goodwin, 45, of Lyle, Wash., was fatally injured about 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon 5 miles north of Lyle, when he was crushed under the wheels of the logging truck which he was operating for B.F. Cody. The truck, proceeding up a steep grade with a load of logs, could not pull the hill, according to reports received here. Goodwin got out to block the wheels and the heavy vehicle rolled down the grade, catching him unawares and passing completely over his body.
He was rushed by automobile to Lyle and thence by ferry to Rowena, where an ambulance from this city was waiting, but died within a few minutes after being received at The Dalles hospital here.
Goodwin, who was born in Vancouver, Wash., in 1886, leaves a widow, Leta Ruth Goodwin, and nine children, Floyd, Walter, Clifford, Ellen, Alfred, Cecil, June, Caralee and Dorothy, all of whom reside at Lyle.
Funeral services are to be held at Lyle at 10 o'clock Thursday morning. Rev. Macabee, of Lyle, will officiate and interment will be in the Balch cemetery at Lyle under the auspices of Callaway and Son's of this city.

The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., August 28, 1931, page 2

EARL BAXTER GOODWIN

In the midst of his work, at the zenith of his home privileges and responsibilities, without suffering or other premonitory indication, last Thursday a good worker, a faithful father, a respected neighbor and a widely welcomed friend was suddenly called to lay down his tools to leave his family responsibilities to stalwart sons and to bid farewell to the large circle of those who knew and enjoyed his friendly interest. Suddenly without warning, when his log truck rolled back upon him on the Appleton road, Earl Goodwin was snatched from life by the very work to which he had given himself for many years and went to join the lengthening line of unheralded and unsung heroes of industry who in mill, mine, and forest have given their lives that the rest of the world might have a little more of the necessities or comforts of life.
Earl Baxter Goodwin was born July 12, 1886 at Vancouver, Wash. He spent his life almost entirely in this section of the country. He made good use of his schooling from a cultural standpoint and always impressed one with his fine conversation and intelligent interest in affairs. The woods, however, seemed to be his vocational choice and work connected with logging and milling has been his occupation steadily since he was a mere lad of fourteen of fifteen. His fellow workmen remember and respect him as an able, alert, intelligent and always cheerful and friendly companion in the hard toil of that vocation.
July 11, 1910 he was united in marriage to Miss Lela Coryell, at Salem, Oregon and for some seventeen years or more, with a few brief exceptions, the family has lived in Lyle, Wash. Of this union, nine children, six boys and three girls, live to mourn the passing of the faithful father, whose provision and interest was so important to them. they are Floyd, Walter, Clifford, Ellen, Alfred, Cecil, June, Carol Lee and Dorothy, the last two ages three years and one year, respectively and all living, most of the time, at their home in Lyle. Others of the immediate family are brother, Alfred Goodwin of Fresno, Calif.; five sisters, Mrs. Lula Baton, Vancouver, Wn.; Ruth Goodwin, Fresno, Calif.; Mrs. Lottie Graham, Aurora, Ore.; Mrs. Lyle Howe, Orchards, Wn.; and Mrs. Annie Reed, Washougal, Wn.
Funeral services were held Thursday, August 20 in the Lyle church with Rev. E.W. McAbee officiating. Interment was in the Lyle cemetery.
Mr. Baxter had been brought up a Baptist and loved to sing the old Christian hymns of the church. He was devoted to his family and found his chief joy in their fellowship, looking for little diversion elsewhere. He liked to gather the children around and sin these old songs and was not infrequently found in the little Lyle church enjoying the services there and at one time was quite active in it.
The sincerest sympathies of the many friends and neighbors go out to the bereaved family and our special prayers to the Heavenly Father that his comforting arm be about the dear helpmate of long years, the faithful wife and mother, sustaining her and assuring her in these days that His love cannot leave her and that His love has bridged the valley of separation and death for all we love.