Andrew Goodman
May 5, 1917 -- Sept. 14, 2003
Andrew "Andy" Goodman died at Kah Tai Center, Port Townsend, at age 86.
He has been a Kah Tai resident for six years, since being stricken with Alzheimer's disease.
He was born in Kassa, Hungary, and grew up in the small village of Tokay.
When the Nazis first entered Hungary, Goodman was drafted into the Army, but then placed into a Jewish detention camp.
Along with two other detainees, he escaped and made his way to Budapest. There he got in touch with the Underground, which hid him in the basement of an empty building.
At night, he would go out and barter for bread and food with valuables provided by the older people in hiding.
After World War II, Mr. Goodman lived in Munich, Germany, and worked as a translator.
He immigrated to the United States in 1953 and became a U.S. citizen in 1958 on the deck of the USS Missouri in Bremerton.
He married Blanche Bing in Tacoma in 1953; she died Oct. 6, 1989.
He worked in men's clothing sales in Seattle until he became ill and moved to Port Townsend.
A professional soccer player in his youth, Mr. Goodman later was president of the Washington State Soccer Association.
Survivors include daughter and son-in-law Shirley Rudolph and Jim Theisen of Port Townsend.
All of his brothers and sisters, along with his parents, were victims of the Holocaust.
Services: Tuesday, Sept. 23, 1 p.m., graveside service at Laurel Grove Cemetery. Kosec Funeral Home, Port Townsend, is in charge.
May 5, 1917 -- Sept. 14, 2003
Andrew "Andy" Goodman died at Kah Tai Center, Port Townsend, at age 86.
He has been a Kah Tai resident for six years, since being stricken with Alzheimer's disease.
He was born in Kassa, Hungary, and grew up in the small village of Tokay.
When the Nazis first entered Hungary, Goodman was drafted into the Army, but then placed into a Jewish detention camp.
Along with two other detainees, he escaped and made his way to Budapest. There he got in touch with the Underground, which hid him in the basement of an empty building.
At night, he would go out and barter for bread and food with valuables provided by the older people in hiding.
After World War II, Mr. Goodman lived in Munich, Germany, and worked as a translator.
He immigrated to the United States in 1953 and became a U.S. citizen in 1958 on the deck of the USS Missouri in Bremerton.
He married Blanche Bing in Tacoma in 1953; she died Oct. 6, 1989.
He worked in men's clothing sales in Seattle until he became ill and moved to Port Townsend.
A professional soccer player in his youth, Mr. Goodman later was president of the Washington State Soccer Association.
Survivors include daughter and son-in-law Shirley Rudolph and Jim Theisen of Port Townsend.
All of his brothers and sisters, along with his parents, were victims of the Holocaust.
Services: Tuesday, Sept. 23, 1 p.m., graveside service at Laurel Grove Cemetery. Kosec Funeral Home, Port Townsend, is in charge.
Andrew Goodman
May 5, 1917 -- Sept. 14, 2003
Andrew "Andy" Goodman died at Kah Tai Center, Port Townsend, at age 86.
He has been a Kah Tai resident for six years, since being stricken with Alzheimer's disease.
He was born in Kassa, Hungary, and grew up in the small village of Tokay.
When the Nazis first entered Hungary, Goodman was drafted into the Army, but then placed into a Jewish detention camp.
Along with two other detainees, he escaped and made his way to Budapest. There he got in touch with the Underground, which hid him in the basement of an empty building.
At night, he would go out and barter for bread and food with valuables provided by the older people in hiding.
After World War II, Mr. Goodman lived in Munich, Germany, and worked as a translator.
He immigrated to the United States in 1953 and became a U.S. citizen in 1958 on the deck of the USS Missouri in Bremerton.
He married Blanche Bing in Tacoma in 1953; she died Oct. 6, 1989.
He worked in men's clothing sales in Seattle until he became ill and moved to Port Townsend.
A professional soccer player in his youth, Mr. Goodman later was president of the Washington State Soccer Association.
Survivors include daughter and son-in-law Shirley Rudolph and Jim Theisen of Port Townsend.
All of his brothers and sisters, along with his parents, were victims of the Holocaust.
Services: Tuesday, Sept. 23, 1 p.m., graveside service at Laurel Grove Cemetery. Kosec Funeral Home, Port Townsend, is in charge.
May 5, 1917 -- Sept. 14, 2003
Andrew "Andy" Goodman died at Kah Tai Center, Port Townsend, at age 86.
He has been a Kah Tai resident for six years, since being stricken with Alzheimer's disease.
He was born in Kassa, Hungary, and grew up in the small village of Tokay.
When the Nazis first entered Hungary, Goodman was drafted into the Army, but then placed into a Jewish detention camp.
Along with two other detainees, he escaped and made his way to Budapest. There he got in touch with the Underground, which hid him in the basement of an empty building.
At night, he would go out and barter for bread and food with valuables provided by the older people in hiding.
After World War II, Mr. Goodman lived in Munich, Germany, and worked as a translator.
He immigrated to the United States in 1953 and became a U.S. citizen in 1958 on the deck of the USS Missouri in Bremerton.
He married Blanche Bing in Tacoma in 1953; she died Oct. 6, 1989.
He worked in men's clothing sales in Seattle until he became ill and moved to Port Townsend.
A professional soccer player in his youth, Mr. Goodman later was president of the Washington State Soccer Association.
Survivors include daughter and son-in-law Shirley Rudolph and Jim Theisen of Port Townsend.
All of his brothers and sisters, along with his parents, were victims of the Holocaust.
Services: Tuesday, Sept. 23, 1 p.m., graveside service at Laurel Grove Cemetery. Kosec Funeral Home, Port Townsend, is in charge.
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