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Obituary: William Willis Goodridge

William Willis Goodridge

William Willis Goodridge died on Tuesday, November 16, 2021, of causes due to Alzheimer’s.  Bill was born at home on the farm in Provo, Utah, on May 5, 1932, the son of Lynn Willis Goodridge and Ada Elizabeth Hamilton Goodridge.

He graduated from Lincoln High School and started attending Brigham Young University, studying geology.  In 1952, the Korean war was going on, and he decided to enlist in the US Navy before he was drafted into the army.  He served on the USS Bexar and was honorably discharged from the Navy in August 1954. read more