William J. Goodyear
1943-2021


Dove

Bolivar

William J. Goodyear 78 of 7250 Kossuth Road passed away on Friday November 12, 2021 at home with his loving family at his side. Born on February 21, 1943 in Buffalo, he was the son of Margaret J. Goodyear Foster. Bill married Freida Stone on June 27, 1964 in Eldred PA. Mrs. Goodyear survives.

Bill lived in Correyville, PA with his Aunt and Uncle Edward and Bernie Goodyear. Bill was a graduate of the Smethport Area High School class of 1962. He started working for Pittsburg Corning for three years. Later Bill was employed as a Hydro Tester for the former Clark Brothers Co. Olean, later becoming Dresser Rand Company for forty years with a great group of co-workers.

Bill and Freida have been through a lot of trials and tribulations in their fifty-seven years of marriage. He owned and operated the Kozy Kitchen Restaurant in Bolivar for seven years, where good food and fun was the norm. He assisted his wife with the operation of the “This and That” Shop, known by the kids as the penny candy place for kids. Bill was a coach for seven years for the Bolivar Pee Wee football program, and was a Boy Scout Troop leader in Bolivar for three years. Bill was a member of the Followers of the Way Church Nile, and a loyal member of the Bolivar Lions Club for the past twenty-two years, and a thirty year member of the Bolivar Fire Dept.

Surviving in addition to his wife are two sons, William J. Goodyear II Bolivar and Edward A. Goodyear Bolivar.

There will be no prior visitation. A Memorial service will be held at the Followers of the Way Church Nile at a date and time to be announced. Burial will be at the convenience of the family.

Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St Jude Place, Memphis TN 38105- 9959

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Schaffner Funeral Home, Inc. Bolivar, NY.




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