Robert Everett Goodfellow, II

The son of Bob and Kathy and a beloved older brother to Katie, Bobby grew up in Mound, Minnesota, graduating from Mound Westonka High School as part of the Class of 2003 before going on to earn his bachelor’s degree in geology and statistics from the University of Minnesota Morris and a Master of Science in Nursing degree from the Ohio State University.

In 2010, he married Molly Kloek, the two having become utterly inseparable from the very first week of their freshman year of college. They traveled the world together - living in far flung places like Kasaoka City in Okayama, Japan while teaching for the JET program and Columbus, Ohio while completing their advanced degrees, visiting many destinations in the U.S., Asia, and Europe. Their partnership and devotion served as a model for many in their lives.

Landing most recently in Baltimore, they welcomed their son Henry into the world in December 2020. Bobby immediately became a dedicated father. Most recently, he and Henry have enjoyed building with Legos, playing music, reading books, watching trains, eating treats, and playing outside. When Bobby picked up Henry from school, he would put Henry in a helmet and push his stroller while riding his skateboard all the way home– a ritual that they both loved.

Bobby became an unofficial mayor of their Baltimore neighborhood, Ridgely’s Delight – a distinction that would become more official during the two years he served as head of the neighborhood association. Gentle, decent, funny, and always eager to lend a hand: Nobody has ever had a better neighbor than Bobby Goodfellow.

Bobby loved the outdoors, particularly hiking trips with his sister Katie and rock climbing adventures with anyone he could drag along. He loved playing guitar and listening to music. He loved video games. He loved cooking – and, as anyone who ever went to a potluck with him can attest, eating. (On his treks with Katie, he would often joke, “I’m on vacation, I’m not going to eat like a pauper,” while whipping up a meal by the campfire.)

But what Bobby loved most of all was people. He made it his job to care for those in acute crisis, working as a First Assist Nurse Practitioner on the Soft Tissue Service at the Shock Trauma Center of the University of Maryland Medical Center, where he approached every patient with enormous compassion. He brought that same compassion – as well as a spirit of boundless curiosity – to every interaction he had with every person he met: at an Orioles game, at Pickles, or in the middle of the wilderness.

He was deeply loved, and will be sorely missed, first and foremost by Molly and Henry, but also by his parents, his sister, his extended family, his neighbors, and his co-workers, as well as a sizable contingent of in-laws: parents-in-law Jim and Wendy Kloek, sisters-in-law Sara and Melissa, brothers-in-law Michael, Andy and Bernard, nephews Joey and Foster, and nieces Lily, Abby, Nora, and Rosie.

A gathering will be held on August 18, 2024 from 10am-12pm at Burgee-Henss-Seitz Funeral Home. Attendees are invited to wear clothing representative of their relationship with Bobby – scrubs, O’s shirts, climbing gear, and Kinetic Sculpture Race costumes are all welcome. From 2pm, family and friends are welcome to gather at Pickles Pub to watch the baseball game and continue celebrating Bobby’s life.

The family asks that, in lieu of flowers, you consider a donation to Henry’s education fund or to Access Fund (accessfund.org).

To make a gift to Henry’s Education Fund,

1. Go to Ugift529.com.

2. Enter the Ugift code: J4V-E8R

3. Enter your name and the amount of your gift.

4. Make your gift via electronic funds transfer or check.