Phillip Eugene Goodman

Phillip E. Goodman passed away peacefully after a courageous battle with cancer on February 16, 2013. Born in Chandler, OK, he graduated from Tulsa Central High School and enlisted in the US Navy, where he served from 1944-46 as a tail gunner on a dive bomber. He then graduated from Univ. of Missouri in 1950, where he was President of the PKA National Fraternity. After beginning his work life with the Ivan Allen Company of Atlanta, GA, he joined Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, managing offices in Kansas City and New York City. In 1974, he founded Phillip E. Goodman, Inc. in Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ, providing estate and business planning services. He was a founding member of the RADA and The Partners Marketing Group. He lived in Ridgewood, NJ for many years before moving to Ponte Vedra Beach, FL.

He was a member of the Arcola Country Club and Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, NJ and the Ponte Vedra Inn & Club in Ponte Vedra, FL, as well as being a long time member of the Union League Club in NYC, acting as Secretary from 1995-97.He was Senior Warden of the Vestry of St. Elizabeth’s Church in Ridgewood, as well as acting as an Usher at Christ Church in Ponte Vedra. He was on Ridgewood’s Planning Board 1971-74, holding the position of Chairman of the Site Plan Committee. While a member of the Mayport Council of the Navy League he held the position of President from 2000-01. Up to his death he remained active with PKA, serving as a Trustee of the PKA Educational Foundation. He loved quail and duck hunting with his friends, and was an avid golfer.

He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Elizabeth, three children Peter Goodman of Ridgewood, NJ, married to Ellen Goodman, Stephen Goodman of Johnson City, TN, Nancy Thomas of Marietta, GA, married to John Thomas, five grandchildren, James, Elizabeth, Caitlin, Catherine and Peter, as well as by his brother L.C. Goodman III and other beloved family members in Oklahoma.

Services will be held at Christ Episcopal Church in Ponte Vedra Beach at 11:00am on Tuesday, February 19th, followed by a memorial reception at The Ponte Vedra Inn. In lieu of flowers please make contributions to Christ Episcopal Church, PO Box 1558, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32004 or Pi Kappa Alpha Educational Foundation, 8347 West Range Cove, Memphis, TN 38125.