Obituary of Tommy Dean Goodman

TOMMY DEAN GOODMAN OF SAPULPA PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY IN HIS HOME ON APRIL 9, 2020. HE WAS BORN ON JANUARY 3, 1942 TO WILLIAM LONNY AND GRACE ELIZABETH GOODMAN IN CASA GRANDE, ARIZONA. HE MARRIED THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE JEWELL BERNICE "NENA" OLINGER ON AUGUST 5, 1959 IN MOOREPARK, CALIFORNIA. THEY LIVED IN CALIFORNIA UNTIL 1973 WHEN THEY THEN MOVED TO OKLAHOMA. THEY MADE THEIR PERMANENT HOME IN SAPULPA IN 1974. HE WENT BY TOM MOST OF HIS LIFE UNTIL 1984 WHEN HIS FIRST GRAND CHILD GAVE HIM THE NAME PAPA, AND HE FOREVER BECAME PAPA TO MANY. HE WAS AN AVID AND "DARN GOOD BOWLER" AND HE TRAVELED ALL OVER TO PARTICIPATE IN TOURNAMENTS AND MADE SOME LIFELONG FRIENDS DURING THAT TIME. HE LOVED GOING TO LAS VEGAS TO PLAY THE SLOTS AND POKER AND WAS ALWAYS LUCKY WHEN HE DID. HE WAS A HUGE SAPULPA CHIEFTAIN SUPPORTER AND IT WAS ALWAYS "BOOMER SOONER" AT HIS HOUSE. ALL HIS GRANDKIDS AGREE HE WAS THE BEST PAPA EVER! HE WORKED AT IMCO RECYCLING FROM 1973 UPON HIS RETIREMENT IN 2000. HE LOVED ALL HIS FRIENDS AT IMCO AND WAS STILL IN CONTACT WITH THEM. HE NEVER, EVER MET A STRANGER, AND IF HE LIKED YOU, WELL YOU ALL KNOW WHAT THAT MEANT. HE DEFINITLEY KEPT US ALL ON OUR TOES. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE OF ALMOST 61 YEARS, NENA, SON RANDY AND WIFE VANESSA GOODMAN, DAUGHTER MINDY LITTLEFIELD AND DAUGHTER IN LAW SHEILA GOODMAN-GILBERT AND HUSBAND KRAIG GILBERT AND HIS PUPPY SIDE KICKS TUCKER AND SID. GRANDCHILDREN, SHEANA AND TODD SCOTT, TJ AND NICHOLE GOODMAN, CIARA WARE, ELI WARE, JARETT GOODMAN, GRACE LITTLEFIELD, GEVIN LITTLEFIELD, CRYSTAL PILAND AND APRIL JOHNSON. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN HALEY GOODMAN, JAYCOB GOODMAN, ELLA SMITH, EMMIE SMITH, MIKA PILAND, KAYLEE AND ANDREW JOHNSON. GREAT, GREAT GRANDCHILDREN KAYA, AIDEN AND AMAYA PILAND. HE WAS PROCEEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, PLUS 16 SIBLINGS, BABY GIRL LAURA ELIZABETH AND HIS SON LONNY GOODMAN. HE WILL BE LAID TO REST IN GREENHILL MEMORIAL GARDENS. THE FAMILY IS HEADQUARTERING AT MINDY'S HOME 282 WESTLAND IN SAPULPA. PALL BEARERS WILL BE HIS GRANDSONS - TJ GOODMAN, JARETT GOODMAN, GEVIN LITTLEFIELD AND JAYCOB GOODMAN. HONORARY PAULBEARER WILL BE HIS GRANDSON ELI WARE. VISITATION WILL BE TUESDAY APRIL 14TH FROM 5-8PM AT GREENHILL FUNERAL HOME - 400 E. TEEL ROAD IN SAPULPA DUE TO SOCIAL DISTANCING, VIEWING LIMITATIONS OF GROUPS OF 6 AT A TIME IS ALLOWED IN THE FUNERAL HOME. DUE TO COVID-19 THERE WILL NOT BE A SERVICE AT THIS TIME. WE WILL HAVE A MEMORIAL SERVICE AS SOON AS RESTRICTIONS ARE LIFTED. AS MUCH AS WE ABSOLUTELY HATE THESE RULES WE HAVE TO FOLLOW, WE ALSO APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU THAT HAVE REACHED OUT TO US AND FOR UNDERSTANDING ALL THIS AS WELL. IF YOU WANT TO SEND NENA GOODMAN A CARD PLEASE DO SO, SHE WOULD LOVE IT. NENA GOODMAN 107 WESTLAND DRIVE, SAPULPA, OK 74066 "SAVE US A PLACE AT THE TABLE PAPA, WE WILL SEE YOU SOON" .