Published in The Express Times from Mar. 29 to Mar. 30, 2016
Easton, PA

Earl S. Godown passed away on Monday, March 28, 2016 at his home, it was his
93rd birthday. He was born in Milford, NJ, the son of the late Noah Pursell
Godown and Emma L. Melick Godown. A WWII veteran, he served with the US
Navy aboard the minesweeper USS Strive and went to the Western Mediterranean
in April 1943. Over the next year and a half, his ship participated in the
invasions of Sicily, Salerno, Anzio and Southern France and provided escort
and minesweeping services elsewhere in the area and in the Pacific until
the war ended. Earl worked for the Riegel Paper Corporation after being
honorably discharged from the service and until his retirement in 1985. He
was a long time Borough of Milford councilman and oversaw the completion of
the town's first sewer system in 1968. He was an avid hunter and fisherman
and a founding member of the Milford Farmer Sportsman Club. Earl moved to
Vero Beach, FL in 2003. Preceded in death by his wife of 58 years, Ruth
Evelyn Stickel in 1999, he is survived by his daughter, Lois E. Wieloch of
Union Hall, VA; sons, Robert L. Godown of Milford, NJ, Dennis E. Godown of
Easton, PA, Michael W. Godown of Silver Spring, MD and Jonathan S. Godown of
Chester, NJ; 10 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren; sister, Nancy Vegh
of Upper Black Eddy, PA and a half-sister Dorothy Hollo of Cambridge, New
York. Private services will be arranged at a future date. In lieu of flowers,
donations can be made to the VNA Hospice Foundation, 1110 35th Lane, Vero
Beach, FL 32960. Online condolences may be made at www.coxgiffordseawinds.com