John A Godley

John A. Godley. Born on Jan 22, 1937, in Fairmont, West Virginia, to Ruth Stout Godley and Roy Walter Godley. His sister Ann was born on the same day, five years later. John attended elementary school through 5th grade in five different schools. His 5th grade classroom was in a two-room schoolhouse for grades 1-6 in Harrisville, West Virginia. His family moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he attended the Kilgour School beginning in the 6th grade. There, the school had 24 classrooms for grades K-6. John graduated from Withrow High School in 1954, and then moved to New York City to attend Columbia College. While there, he met and fell in love with his beloved Jean Michele Dunne. After graduating from Columbia in 1958, he entered Yale Medical School and made New Haven, CT, and the surrounding towns his life-long home. John and Jean married in 1960. John graduated from medical school and served as a Captain in the Air Force during Vietnam. After completing his post-graduate training in Internal Medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital, John practiced medicine in New Haven and Orange for 32 years. He and Jean had four children: John, Lucy, Mark, and Amanda. He loved them, their spouses (Natalie, Alfonso, Julia, and Ron), and children (Joseph, Sarah, Andrew, Sofia, Julian, Brooke, Sierra, Autumn, Luke, and Nolan) beyond words and spoke about his pride in his family to everyone who knew him. He will be remembered as a husband, father, grandfather, brother, physician, golfer, builder, painter, author, and great story teller. Although John would rather you save your money, contributions can be made to a charity of your choice, the Harrisville Baptist Church [212 S Court St, Harrisville, WV, 26362; (304) 643-2289], or the Yale Golf Course: By check: make checks payable to "Yale University" with the memo reading: Yale Golf Course Restoration Project, and mail to: Yale Athletic Association P.O. Box 1844, New Haven, CT 06508-1844; To give online, go to: https://secure.yale.imodules.com/s/1667/52/cart/form.aspx?sid=1667&gid=52&pgid=5594&cid=14277&bledit=1&dids=402.&_ga=2.5352947.1985206307.1664818508-558073302.1664818508; Under “Other” as an option, specify: Yale Golf Course Restoration Project – J. Godley Services for John will be private

John A Godley

January 22, 1937 - October 1, 2022