Clarence J. "Bud" Godlove, 86, of Boalsburg, died on Monday, October 6, 2008 at the Hearthside Nursing Home in State College.
Born in Baltimore, MD on November 8, 1921, he is a son of the late Joseph and Rosa B. (Hayward) Godlove.
He is married to Virginia (Silverwood) Godlove, who survives at Hearthside Nursing Home.
He was born and had lived most of his life in Baltimore, MD. As a youth he served in CC Camp in Glen Rock, PA. During World War II he served in the US Army in Northern France where he was awarded the Purple Heart with the Oak Leaf Cluster.
He retired from the Baltimore city post office in 1980 and moved to Long Beach, N.C. where he built his own retirement home. In 2005, he moved with his wife to State College, PA.
He was a member of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County and the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Church of Wilmington, N.C.
He loved to read and become involved in social justice causes.
Along with his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Patricia Ann Taylor and her husband David Schaal of Minneapolis, MN, and Katherine Rose Kahler and her husband Gerhard O. of Boalsburg; five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
All services will be private and at the convenience of the family.
A guest book can be signed or condolences sent to the family at www.heintzelmanfuneralhome.com