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 

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