My great aunt's husband passed last Sunday. He was a POW in Germany during WWII when his B24 was shot down. He owned a Pontiac dealership in WI, then retired to FL where he met my great aunt Patti and they married. He was a good man and I am proud to have known him. Approx. 1.5M WWII veterans are left and about 1100 die each day. There were 16M veterans at the end of the war, so these gentlemen and women are leaving their legacy to us.
ARTHUR RAYMOND GODAR
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ARTHUR RAYMOND GODAR
FEBRUARY 6, 2011
Arthur Raymond Godar, 87, passed away Sunday, February 6, 2011. He was born January 8, 1924 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to the late Joseph and Gertrude (Derringer) Godar.
Arthur served in the US Air Corps in WWII as a 1st Leutenant. He later graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Business in 1947 from Marquette University. He was the former owner of Art Godar Pontiac, Inc. in Oconomowoc. While residing in Wisconsin he was a State Legislator in the Wisconsin House of Representatives. He came to Florida in 1977 where he then served on the Lee County Planning Commission. He was the former owner of the Malaga Motel in Cape Coral for many years. Mr. Godar was also a member of St. Andrews Catholic Church in Cape Coral, the VFW, Elks Lodge, Moose Lodge, American Legion and the Knights of Columbus.
He is survived by his wife of 22 years, Patricia; sons, William, Peter, Thomas, Richard; daughter, Linda Pellmann; step-children, Katie Smith, William Braun, Gerald Braun, Dr. Thomas Stover; sisters, Rose Marie Spitz , Carol Joan Hurbert; 22 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren.
There will be a visitation on Friday from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM at Fort Myers Memorial Gardens Funeral Home. Funeral with Military Honors will follow at 1:00 PM. There will also be a memorial service in Wisconsin at a later date. Interment will be in Arlington National Cemetery.