Obituary of Denton Marion Goodwin ~ 2011

Transcribed by Joan S Dunn

Source: New Bern Sun Journal Nov 21 2011

MT. PLEASANT, S.C. - Denton Marion Goodwin, 90, formerly of Wilmington, 
and Newton, Massachusetts passed away on Thursday, November 17, 2011.  
The family will greet friends at the funeral chapel on Saturday, November 
19, 2011, beginning at 11 a.m., followed by a chapel service at noon. 
Burial will follow at a later date in Calvary Waltham Cemetery in Newton, 
Mass.  
Mr. Goodwin was born on April 30, 1921 in Hobucken, North Carolina, son of 
the late Theodore Goodwin and Lorena Caravan Goodwin. 
He retired as a municipal employee for the City of Newton, Mass.  
He served in the United States Navy during World War II.  He was on the 
original crew of the USS Quincy, participated in the invasion of Normandy; 
and witnessed the signing of the Peace Treaty marking the surrender of 
Japan in Tokyo Bay.  While on the USS Quincy, his ship transported 
President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill from Newport, Va. to the Suez 
Canal to the Yalter Conference (sometimes called the Crimea Conference) 
and then on to the Pacific.  
He is survived by his son, Dennis Goodwin of Framingham, Mass.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Frances Goodwin, and his later 
companion, Mabel Bynum. Denton is also survived by his guardian, Dottie 
Mayes of Mt. Pleasant, S.C., who helped him during his later years.  
Arrangements are by J. Henry Stuhr Mount Pleasant Chapel, Mt. Pleasant, 
S.C.





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