Arthur Max Goode Obituary (1936

Arthur Max Goode was born August 4th, 1936 in Watonga, Oklahoma to Arthur Leo Goode and Ethel Ailene (Stowe) Goode. Max went to heaven December 22, 2021. Max was the 7th of 9 children. He lived with his family on 880 acre ranch in Blaine County, OK attending a two room country school, Richland, through the 7th grade. The family moved to Alva, OK where Max attended Horace Mann Junior High and Alva High School. After graduating he joined the Oklahoma National Guard. Max moved with family to Tulsa, OK in the fall of 1955 and started life as a city boy. He met the love of his life, Wilda Sue McLaughlin, while working at Kress Dept. Store. Max married Sue on February 14th, 1958 and had 3 children Dennis Jay, Robyn Lynn, and Donna Ann. Max joined the Tulsa Fire Dept. in 1966 until he retired in 1996 as Assistant Drill Master at the Tulsa Fire Dept Training Center. In 1969 Max gave his heart to God and became an active member of the Pentecostal Holiness Churches spending his life serving God by giving his time and financial support to missions, evangelist, and his local church. He was an active member of Calvary Heights Church, Tulsa, OK. He found his calling in teaching. He taught numerous classes in the church, woodworking at his church's Christian school, he trained and taught on the Tulsa Fire Dept., he taught CPR and first Aide for the American Heart Association, he was certified to train on the Volunteer Fire Dept. through Oklahoma State University and he taught many life lessons to his children, grandchildren and anyone who spent anytime with him. Max was proceed in death by his wife Wilda Sue (McLaughlin) Goode, his parents Arthur Leo Goode and Ethel Ailene (Stowe) Goode, brothers, Richard C (Dick) Goode, Jimmie Dale Goode, Jerry Dean Goode. and granddaughter Misty Dawn Wiggins. Max is survived by his children, Dennis Jay Goode of Tulsa, OK, Robyn Lynn Page husband Samuel of Homedale, Idaho, Donna Ann Wiggins husband Danny of Tulsa. OK. Grandchildren, Tamarah West husband Ernest of Tulsa, Ok. Joshua Page wife Callie of Pryor, OK, Michael Wiggins of Tulsa, OK, Matthew Wiggins wife Miranda of Tulsa, OK, Rebekah Jenkins husband Brett of Caldwell, Idaho., Jonathan Page of Homedale, Idaho, Rodney Goode of Dayton, Ohio and Brady Goode of Fairborn, Ohio. 11 Great grandchildren, Cami, Sydnee, Colton, Samantha, Levi, Mathias, Addisyn, Elijah, Jael, Leah, and Kyba. Siblings Albert Clare (Bill) Goode, Robert E. (Bob) Goode, Alfred Wayne (Buck) Goode, Dixie Lee Goode Vaira, Mary Arthel (Artie) Goode Neff. Many nieces, nephews and a host of friends.