Mason French Goodloe
October 16, 1946 – December 2, 2021
Resident of San Jose
Mason French Goodloe, 76, passed away peacefully in the morning on December 2, 2021. Mason was born on October 16, 1946, one of four children of Mason French Goodloe and Martha Bedsole Goodloe. He spent his childhood as an Army brat, moving around the world wherever his father was stationed in places such as Japan, Italy, and Germany, eventually settling stateside in El Paso, TX. After earning his Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from New Mexico State University, Mason and his brother Richard headed to Sperry Univac in Salt Lake City, UT, where Mason made significant contributions to national defense. Following his tenure at Sperry, Mason held positions as Manager of Software Engineering at Eaton Kenway, Product Manager for Novell, where he was involved in the development and marketing of Word Perfect and contributed to the newly emerging field of cybersecurity, and Vice President of Business Development for Amdahl, a maker of mainframe computers.
Mason was a loving brother to siblings Martha Bedsole Goodloe, John Tunstell Goodloe, and Richard Buel Goodloe, husband of over 50 years to Leslie Gackenbach Goodloe, and uncle to his nieces Caroline and Carrie and nephew, “little Mason” (who in turn referred to him as “BM”). In Salt Lake, he and his wife Leslie settled in a picturesque house with a mountain view, close by his brother Richard. Mason was an avid outdoorsman, enjoying biking, somewhat envelope-pushing deep powder skiing (he and his brothers loved jumping off a 30-foot drop on the Cirque at Snowbird after a multi-foot snowstorm), and camping and fly fishing with friends and family at places like the Reynolds Bridge over the Madison river, the “best trout spot in the world” (though he supposedly stole all the fish). Mason had a keen intellect and an even keener sense of fun. Along with his brothers, he was an incorrigible practical joker, though some of his jokes occasionally ran awry such as when he once hid and then accidentally roasted his brother John’s size 15 shoes in a fireplace in cahoots with his stepdaughter, Carrie.
In 1998 at the age of 53, while riding his bicycle to work, Mason suffered a catastrophic brain injury that he initially was not supposed to survive and after which he was expected to never speak or walk again. Although the injury ended his career, Mason survived for more than 20 years, continuing to enjoy hobbies such as cooking, traveling, and selecting sometimes slightly outlandish gifts for his family members. Prior to his death, he once again defied predictions by outlasting myeloid leukemia for over two years. His wife Leslie and devoted caregiver Pate were at his bedside and his siblings, nieces and nephew were with him by videochat in his final days, trading stories and reminiscing with him about his adventures and misadventures. He will be greatly missed. The family will have a small, private ceremony for him and bury him in a plot he helped select with the inscription, “well loved.”
October 16, 1946 – December 2, 2021
Resident of San Jose
Mason French Goodloe, 76, passed away peacefully in the morning on December 2, 2021. Mason was born on October 16, 1946, one of four children of Mason French Goodloe and Martha Bedsole Goodloe. He spent his childhood as an Army brat, moving around the world wherever his father was stationed in places such as Japan, Italy, and Germany, eventually settling stateside in El Paso, TX. After earning his Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from New Mexico State University, Mason and his brother Richard headed to Sperry Univac in Salt Lake City, UT, where Mason made significant contributions to national defense. Following his tenure at Sperry, Mason held positions as Manager of Software Engineering at Eaton Kenway, Product Manager for Novell, where he was involved in the development and marketing of Word Perfect and contributed to the newly emerging field of cybersecurity, and Vice President of Business Development for Amdahl, a maker of mainframe computers.
Mason was a loving brother to siblings Martha Bedsole Goodloe, John Tunstell Goodloe, and Richard Buel Goodloe, husband of over 50 years to Leslie Gackenbach Goodloe, and uncle to his nieces Caroline and Carrie and nephew, “little Mason” (who in turn referred to him as “BM”). In Salt Lake, he and his wife Leslie settled in a picturesque house with a mountain view, close by his brother Richard. Mason was an avid outdoorsman, enjoying biking, somewhat envelope-pushing deep powder skiing (he and his brothers loved jumping off a 30-foot drop on the Cirque at Snowbird after a multi-foot snowstorm), and camping and fly fishing with friends and family at places like the Reynolds Bridge over the Madison river, the “best trout spot in the world” (though he supposedly stole all the fish). Mason had a keen intellect and an even keener sense of fun. Along with his brothers, he was an incorrigible practical joker, though some of his jokes occasionally ran awry such as when he once hid and then accidentally roasted his brother John’s size 15 shoes in a fireplace in cahoots with his stepdaughter, Carrie.
In 1998 at the age of 53, while riding his bicycle to work, Mason suffered a catastrophic brain injury that he initially was not supposed to survive and after which he was expected to never speak or walk again. Although the injury ended his career, Mason survived for more than 20 years, continuing to enjoy hobbies such as cooking, traveling, and selecting sometimes slightly outlandish gifts for his family members. Prior to his death, he once again defied predictions by outlasting myeloid leukemia for over two years. His wife Leslie and devoted caregiver Pate were at his bedside and his siblings, nieces and nephew were with him by videochat in his final days, trading stories and reminiscing with him about his adventures and misadventures. He will be greatly missed. The family will have a small, private ceremony for him and bury him in a plot he helped select with the inscription, “well loved.”
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Published by The Mercury News on Dec. 12, 2021.
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