Goodway,
Francis A. DAVENPORT, Fla. Frank Goodway, 84, passed away suddenly in Fort
Lauderdale, Fla. on November 11, 2012. Born February 17, 1928 in Syracuse, he
was the fourth child of the late Albert H.and Minola B. (Hubbard) Goodway. He
was prede-ceased by his wife of 44 years, Roberta A. (Bobbie Ransom) Goodway of
Queens, and his brothers, Lewis J. Goodway of Houston, and Albert H. who died
during childhood. He was the beloved father of Kathleen M. (Goodway) Chakonas,
(son-in-law George C. Chakonas), Kevin J. Goodway, and Shawn M. Goodway, and is
also survived by his sister, Violet A. (Goodway) Osborne; 10 grandchildren; two
great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Frank is also survived by
his best friend, Penny West of Bolsover, Ontario, Canada and Davenport, Fla.
who was his companion of 11 years. Frank attended Syracuse Central School where
he first became acquainted with his future wife. In 1946 during his studies at
Jacksonville Junior College, then Georgia Tech, he was enlisted in the U.S. Navy V5 program. In
1950, Frank became a New York State Trooper. He took leave during that period
to serve in the Army during the Korean conflict where he
was a member of Gen. Ridgway's Honor Guard. In 1955, he married Bobbie in
Syracuse and started his family. Frank became interested in computers in the
1960s and worked as the data processing manager at Farm Family Insurance.
Later, he became director of data processing services at Board of Cooperative
Educational Services and moved to Clifton Park. In his 18-year tenure, Frank
expanded its services and catchment area exponentially. He retired at age 57 in
1985. In his 27 years of retirement, Frank volunteered for countless causes,
including serving as a luge judge at the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics, as chairman
of the Adirondack AAU, and taught bridge, computer use, and genealogy. He
volunteered for many years at the Schenectady Air Show, ultimately becoming
president. As an active member of his Community Emergency Response Team, Frank
procured defibrillators by establishing a recycling program to raise funds. His
pet project was compiling data for the gen-web site for the Saratoga Campaign
of the Revolutionary War where he located and entered tens of thousands of
battle participants into the website. He had recently begun contacting
descendants of members who fought in the battles. Besides his volunteer work,
Frank was an avid reader and loved golf, bridge and poker as well as world
travel. Frank will be interred at the Saratoga National Cemetery with full
military honors. Donations may be made in his honor to the American Heart Association
(donate. americanheart.org).