Wayne Good
The Wayne M. Good family is a mixture of old timer and new comer. I, Thelma
(Redwine) Good, was born and raised in Lake City, the sixth child of Mr. and Mrs.
Luther Boone Redwine. My mother was the former Lenora R. Marquand of Medicine Lodge.
I attended school in Lake City for 10 years, a year in Sawyer, and one in Cleveland.
My father owned and operated a store in both towns. After graduating from the Lake
City High School, I went to work in Pratt, Kansas, where in 1944, I met and married
Wayne Good.
Wayne was born and raised in Vandergrift, Pa., the only child of Mr. and Mrs.
George Good. He enlisted in the Army Air Force after graduation from Solon High
School and was overseas when World War II was declared. He returned to the States
for two years, stationed at the Pratt Air Force Base. We were married six months
when Wayne was sent to Siapan with the B29s.
Our older daughter, Glenna, was born while Wayne was overseas. After he was
discharged, we moved to Solon, Ohio, where we lived for two years. We then moved
to Santa Barbara, California, where Wayne worked in highway construction for 18
years. Our younger daughter, Debbie, was born in Santa Barbara. By the time she was
10, I was getting homesick for Kansas, so we decided to move to be near my family.
Debbie finished her education in Lake City and Medicine Lodge.
Both our daughters, Glenna Gabriel and her two children, Robby and Jeannie and
Debbie (Mrs. Merlin Capansky) and their two boys, Marshall and Chad, live in Medicine
Lodge.
We are all proud of our last names as there is a Goodsvill in Pennsylvania, named
after Wayne's ancestors, and a Redwine, Kentucky, after my ancestors.
We live the small town living, but it was a big change for our girls when we moved
back here. They thought we knew everyone on the road as they all waved. This is some-
thing one doesn't see in bigger towns. Our girls had never seen a chicken that wasn't
already prepared for the skillet, and the jack rabbits hopping down the road were a
big experience for them.
We had sorrow. We lost my father, Boone Redwine, in 1951, Wayne's mother, Zora Good,
in 1961, and my older brother, Luther Redwine in 1973. But we have had our share of
happiness also; one of those was returning to Kansas and Barber County. Wayne and I
hope to spend the rest of our lives here.
Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas, pg. 197
Submitted by: Thelma J. Good