81 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca GODDEN, Norman James WWII Norman was born in Toronto, Ontario on April 15, 1927. He enlisted in Toronto on June 4, 1945 and transferred Perm to Force in October 1946. He served in Canada being discharged in Toronto on September 3, 1949 then enlisted in the RCMP in Toronto on November 7, 1949. Norman was married to Mildred and he passed away in Deer Lodge Hospital on April 17, 1956. GOMPF, Ronald Henry “Ron” WWII Ronald Henry Gompf, Ron, was born in 1923 in Oak Lake, Manitoba. Raised on the family farm, Ron enlisted in the Army in 1943 in Manitoba, training on several bases including Camp Shilo, before going overseas, where he was promoted to Lance Corporal. He served with the Calgary Highlanders and Winnipeg Rifles through Europe including Germany Battle Rhineland, and the Liberation of Groningen and Northern Holland. A hair-raising experience was guarding SS Commander Brigadeführer Kurt Meyer. Discharge came in February 1946. Ron received the Volunteer Service and Victory Europe medals, and 1939-1945 Star. Having met before the war, he returned and married school sweetheart Katherine Maziarz. Ron and Kay raised a family of three, farming at Kenton, MB, a community near Oak Lake. Kay passed away in 1962, and Ron in 2004. Ron was a Legion Member for 56 years, starting with Branch 118, Woodworth, in Kenton. Ron is buried in Johnston Cemetery near Oak Lake. GOOD, Orville Raymond WWII Orville Good, oldest of three brothers, was born on the farm near Lenore, Manitoba, on August 7, 1924. Enlisting in Winnipeg in December 1943, he trained in Rivers, then left Halifax overseas in 1944. Orville fought soon after D-Day from Caen, France, Belgium, Holland, and into Germany, in the Infantry, with the South Saskatchewan Regiment. During Battle of The Bulge, Orville and his buddy, with captured chicken, celebrated Christmas dinner in a foxhole. Discharged in 1945, Orville farmed with his father.With the VLA he bought his own farm in 1949 and married Ferne Jenson from Montana. Raising two sons, they retired in 1980 to Virden, Manitoba. For fun Orville trained Sulkie horses with carts. He was a Branch 118 Woodworth, Kenton and Branch 8 Virden member of The Royal Canadian Legion for 63 years. He received the Volunteer Service, Defence, and Victory Europe Medals, and 1939-1945 WWII, and France and Germany Stars. Orville celebrated Victory year 50 in Holland in 1995. He passed away in 2009 in Virden.
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