Roy Elwyn Gooing, 79, Klamath Falls, died Friday June 23, 1995, in Klamath Falls.
He was born in Kansas to Jedediah Gooing and the former Vivian Leigh Cox.
He completed his public education in Bartlesville, Okla., and went to work for Boeing Aircraft in Seattle, Wash.
He later entered the Army serving during World War II.
He met Barbara Bigelow in an ice cream parlor in San Francisco, Calif., while stationed at The Presidio there and they were married Jan. 10, 1944, in Reno, Nev.
Following his discharge from the Army, they homesteaded the Gooing Farm in Tulelake, growing grain and potatoes until retiring in 1980.
After reading a book, "You Too, Can Be a Stradivarius," Mr. Gooing began making violins as a hobby. It later became a secondary profession.
He entered his instruments in an annual Instrument Competition and received first place and second place awards. He was recongized as a master violin and string instrument maker, which earned him the nickname of "Stad."
Among his other hobbies were horseshoe pitching, baseball and boxing.
His church work included being a stake missionary elder, an office he held for 33 years.
Survivors include his wife, Barbara, Klamath Falls; sons and daughters-in-law, Vance and Lynda Gooing, Portland, Joel and Karen Gooing and Dennis and Susan Gooing, all Gresham; daughter and son-in-law, Nancy and Jerry Donohue, Fond du Lac, WI; sister, Nadie Haile, Nyssa, Billie Hunt, Baker City,m Beverly Hansen, Parma, Idaho, and Donna Modem, Klamath Falls; 11 grandchildren; one great-grandson.
He was preceded in death by his brothers, Glen, James and Jack Gooing.
He was born in Kansas to Jedediah Gooing and the former Vivian Leigh Cox.
He completed his public education in Bartlesville, Okla., and went to work for Boeing Aircraft in Seattle, Wash.
He later entered the Army serving during World War II.
He met Barbara Bigelow in an ice cream parlor in San Francisco, Calif., while stationed at The Presidio there and they were married Jan. 10, 1944, in Reno, Nev.
Following his discharge from the Army, they homesteaded the Gooing Farm in Tulelake, growing grain and potatoes until retiring in 1980.
After reading a book, "You Too, Can Be a Stradivarius," Mr. Gooing began making violins as a hobby. It later became a secondary profession.
He entered his instruments in an annual Instrument Competition and received first place and second place awards. He was recongized as a master violin and string instrument maker, which earned him the nickname of "Stad."
Among his other hobbies were horseshoe pitching, baseball and boxing.
His church work included being a stake missionary elder, an office he held for 33 years.
Survivors include his wife, Barbara, Klamath Falls; sons and daughters-in-law, Vance and Lynda Gooing, Portland, Joel and Karen Gooing and Dennis and Susan Gooing, all Gresham; daughter and son-in-law, Nancy and Jerry Donohue, Fond du Lac, WI; sister, Nadie Haile, Nyssa, Billie Hunt, Baker City,m Beverly Hansen, Parma, Idaho, and Donna Modem, Klamath Falls; 11 grandchildren; one great-grandson.
He was preceded in death by his brothers, Glen, James and Jack Gooing.
Roy Elwyn Gooing, 79, Klamath Falls, died Friday June 23, 1995, in Klamath Falls.
He was born in Kansas to Jedediah Gooing and the former Vivian Leigh Cox.
He completed his public education in Bartlesville, Okla., and went to work for Boeing Aircraft in Seattle, Wash.
He later entered the Army serving during World War II.
He met Barbara Bigelow in an ice cream parlor in San Francisco, Calif., while stationed at The Presidio there and they were married Jan. 10, 1944, in Reno, Nev.
Following his discharge from the Army, they homesteaded the Gooing Farm in Tulelake, growing grain and potatoes until retiring in 1980.
After reading a book, "You Too, Can Be a Stradivarius," Mr. Gooing began making violins as a hobby. It later became a secondary profession.
He entered his instruments in an annual Instrument Competition and received first place and second place awards. He was recongized as a master violin and string instrument maker, which earned him the nickname of "Stad."
Among his other hobbies were horseshoe pitching, baseball and boxing.
His church work included being a stake missionary elder, an office he held for 33 years.
Survivors include his wife, Barbara, Klamath Falls; sons and daughters-in-law, Vance and Lynda Gooing, Portland, Joel and Karen Gooing and Dennis and Susan Gooing, all Gresham; daughter and son-in-law, Nancy and Jerry Donohue, Fond du Lac, WI; sister, Nadie Haile, Nyssa, Billie Hunt, Baker City,m Beverly Hansen, Parma, Idaho, and Donna Modem, Klamath Falls; 11 grandchildren; one great-grandson.
He was preceded in death by his brothers, Glen, James and Jack Gooing.
He was born in Kansas to Jedediah Gooing and the former Vivian Leigh Cox.
He completed his public education in Bartlesville, Okla., and went to work for Boeing Aircraft in Seattle, Wash.
He later entered the Army serving during World War II.
He met Barbara Bigelow in an ice cream parlor in San Francisco, Calif., while stationed at The Presidio there and they were married Jan. 10, 1944, in Reno, Nev.
Following his discharge from the Army, they homesteaded the Gooing Farm in Tulelake, growing grain and potatoes until retiring in 1980.
After reading a book, "You Too, Can Be a Stradivarius," Mr. Gooing began making violins as a hobby. It later became a secondary profession.
He entered his instruments in an annual Instrument Competition and received first place and second place awards. He was recongized as a master violin and string instrument maker, which earned him the nickname of "Stad."
Among his other hobbies were horseshoe pitching, baseball and boxing.
His church work included being a stake missionary elder, an office he held for 33 years.
Survivors include his wife, Barbara, Klamath Falls; sons and daughters-in-law, Vance and Lynda Gooing, Portland, Joel and Karen Gooing and Dennis and Susan Gooing, all Gresham; daughter and son-in-law, Nancy and Jerry Donohue, Fond du Lac, WI; sister, Nadie Haile, Nyssa, Billie Hunt, Baker City,m Beverly Hansen, Parma, Idaho, and Donna Modem, Klamath Falls; 11 grandchildren; one great-grandson.
He was preceded in death by his brothers, Glen, James and Jack Gooing.
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