BILLINGSS GAZETTE
Saturday, November 4, 2006
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B. J. Goodheart
MALTA - BJ
"Swede" Goodheart, 83, died Friday, Nov. 3,
2006, at the Phillips
County Hospital,
of leukemia. Vigil services will be at 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 5, at St Mary's
Catholic Church in Malta.
Funeral Mass will be 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 6, at St. Mary's Catholic Church.
Interment will be in the Malta
Cemetery. Adams Funeral
Home of Malta
is in charge.
Published in the Billings
Gazette on 11/4/2006.
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GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE Saturday, November 4,
2006
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Goodheart, B. J. "Swede"
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 MALTA - World War II Army
veteran and former State Sen. B.J. "Swede" Goodheart,
83, of Malta, a retired station agent for the Great Northern Railroad, died
of leukemia Friday at a local hospital.
Vigil services are 7 p.m. Sunday at
St Mary's Catholic Church in Malta.
Funeral Mass is 11 a.m. Monday at the church, with burial with military
honors in Malta
Cemetery. Adams Funeral
Home of Malta
is handling arrangements.
B.J. was born Aug. 27, 1923, in
Wagner, the son of Ervin and Mildred (Miller) Goodheart.
He graduated from Harlem
High School in 1941.
He enlisted in the Army in 1942 and
went overseas in 1943 with the signal engineers, serving in Europe
until his discharge in 1945.
He married Lois Jean Baker on Aug.
10, 1946, in Harlem.
Swede was employed as a station
agent for the Great Northern Railroad for 25 years,
then sold life and casualty insurance until his retirement in 1985.
He was active in politics, serving
on the city council and then as mayor of Malta. He served two terms as the
state senator from his district, and was appointed by Gov. Tom Judge as a
member of the first Coal Board of Montana.
Swede was concerned for the medical facilities within the community, and
served as trustee and director of the Phillips County
Hospital and Good
Samaritan Retirement Home. He also served on many other boards and committees
for fundraising.
He was a member of St. Mary's
Catholic Church and was a Fourth-Degree Knight of the Knights of Columbus. He was also a
member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion.
Swede spent 25 years refereeing
football and was inducted into the Montana Officials Association Hall of
Fame. He lived a God-filled life, which led him to honesty, integrity and
compassion.
He is survived by his wife, Lois
Jean, of Malta; children Dennis (Kathy) Goodheart
of Billings, Douglas (Lori) Goodheart of Colstrip,
Dianne (Kevin) Salsbery of Malta and Dawn Jones of
Great Falls; sisters Marie (Earl) McCracken, Beverly Richman and Carol
Cornett; a brother, Peter Goodheart; a
brother-in-law, Chuck (Eva) Baker; 12 grandchildren, Danette
(Jeff) Ross, Denny (Karen) Salsbery, Nathan Salsbery, Ryan (Janessa) Salsbery, Meghan (Scott)
Bailey, Katy Goodheart, Jo Anna (Al) Carlson, C.J. Goodheart, Garrick Goodheart, and Erin, Parker and Morgan Jones; and seven
great-grandchildren.
Condolences may be sent online to greatfallstribune.com/obituaries.
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BILLINGSS GAZETTE
Sunday, November 5, 2006
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Goodheart, B. J. "Swede"
MALTA - World War II Army veteran and former State Senator, B.J.
"Swede" Goodheart, 83, of Malta, a
retired station agent for the Great Northern Railroad, died of leukemia Friday,
Nov. 3, 2006, at a local hospital. Vigil services are 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 5, at
St. Mary's Catholic Church in Malta.
Funeral Mass is 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 6, at the Church, with burial and military
honors in Malta Cemetery.
Adams Funeral Home of Malta
is handling arrangements.
B.J. was born Aug. 27, 1923, in Wagner, the son of Ervin and Mildred
(Miller) Goodheart. He graduated from Harlem High
School in 1941.
He enlisted in the Army in 1942 and went overseas in 1943 with the
signal engineers, serving in Europe until his
discharge in 1945.
He married Lois Jean Baker on Aug. 10, 1946, in Harlem.
Swede was employed as a station agent for the Great Northern Railroad
for 25 years, then sold life and casualty insurance
until his retirement in 1985. He was active in politics, serving on the city
council and then as mayor of Malta.
He served two terms as the state senator from his district, and was appointed
by Gov. Tom Judge as a member of the first Coal Board of Montana. Swede was concerned for the medical
facilities within the community, and served as trustee and director of the Phillips County Hospital
and Good Samaritan Retirement Home. He also served on many other boards and
committees for fundraising. He was a
member of St. Mary's Catholic Church and was a Fourth-Degree Knight of the
Knights of Columbus.
He was also a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion. Swede
spent 25 years refereeing football and was inducted into the Montana Officials
Association Hall of Fame. He lived a God-filled life, which led him to honesty,
integrity and compassion.
He is survived by his wife, Lois Jean, of Malta; children, Dennis
(Kathy) Goodheart of Billings, Douglas (Lori) Goodheart of Colstrip, Dianne (Devin) Salsbery
of Malta and Dawn Jones of Great Falls; sisters, Marie (Earl) McCracken, Beverly
Richman and Carol Cornett; a brother, Peter Goodheart;
a brother-in-law, Chuck (Eva) Baker; 12 grandchildren, Danette
(Jeff) Ross, Denny (Karen) Salsbery, Nathan Salsbery, Ryan (Janessa) Salsbery, Meghan (Scott) Bailey,
Katy Goodheart, Jo Anna (Al) Carlson, C.J. Goodheart, Garrick Goodheart, and Erin, Parker and Morgan Jones; and seven
great-grandchildren.
Published in the Billings
Gazette from 11/4/2006 - 11/5/2006.
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HAVRE DAILY NEWS
Tuesday, November 7, 2006
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BERNARD GOODHEART
(Created: Tuesday, November 7, 2006
12:53 PM MST)
MALTA - Bernard
Jerome Swede Goodheart, 83, of Malta, an Army veteran of World War II, retired
station agent for the Great Northern Railway and a state senator, died Friday,
Nov. 3, 2006, at Phillips County Hospital of leukemia.
A vigil service was held Sunday at
St. Marys Catholic Church in Malta, and his funeral Mass was held Monday
morning at St. Marys Catholic Church. Interment was in the Malta Cemetery
with military honors.
B. J. was born Aug. 27, 1923, in Wagner, to Ervin and Mildred (Miller) Goodheart. He graduated from the Harlem High School
in 1941. He enlisted in the Army in 1942 and went overseas in 1943 with the
signal engineers serving in the European area until his discharge in 1945.
He married Lois Jean Baker August 10, 1946 in Harlem.
Swede was employed as a station agent for the Great Northern Railway for
25 years, then sold life and casualty insurance until
his retirement in 1985. He was active in politics, serving on the city council
and than as mayor of Malta.
He served two terms as state senator. He was appointed by Gov. Tom Judge as a
member of the first Coal Board of Montana.
Swede was concerned for the medical facilities within the community, serving as
trustee and director of the Phillips
County Hospital
and Good Samaritan Retirement Home. He also served on many other boards and
committees for fundraising. He was a member of the V.F.W., American Legion and
St. Marys Catholic Church, and was a fourth degree Knights
of Columbus.
For several years, he was St. Marys basketball coach. Swede spent 25 years
refereeing football and was inducted into the Montana Hall of Fame. Swede lived
a God-filled life, which led him to honesty, integrity and compassion.
Survivors include his wife, Lois Jean of Malta; children, Dennis (Kathy)
Goodheart of Billings, Douglas (Lori) Goodheart of Colstrip, Dianne (Kevin) Salsbery
of Malta and Dawn Jones of Great Falls; 12 grandchildren, Danette
(Jeff) Ross, Denny (Karen) Salsbery, Nathan Salsbery, Ryan (Janessa) Salsbery, Meghan (Scott) Bailey,
Katy Goodheart, JoAnna (Al)
Carlson, C.J. Goodheart, Garrick
Goodheart, Erin, Parker and Morgan Jones; seven
great-grandchildren; sisters, Marie (Earl) McCracken, Beverly Richman and Carol
Cornett; brother, Peter Goodheart; and brother-in-law
Chuck (Eva) Baker.
Adams Funeral Home of Malta
is in charge of arrangements.
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