Vinson Goodpaster

Vinson Goodpaster, 87, of Silvis, Illinois, died Thursday, August 16, 2018, in UnityPoint Health-Trinity Rock Island.

Services are 10 a.m. Monday in the Horizon Room at Trimble Funeral Home at Trimble Pointe, 701 12th Street, Moline, with the Rev. Ron Philpot officiating. Burial is in Rock Island National Cemetery where Moline American Legion Post #246 will present military honors. A funeral luncheon will be held at CityView Celebrations at Trimble Pointe following the burial. Visitation will start at 2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, and will conclude with a Masonic Service at 3:45 p.m. with Stewart Lodge #92, AF & AM, Geneseo, presiding.

Vinson was born March 5, 1931, in Korea, Kentucky, to John Henry and Angeline Noe Goodpaster. He served in the US Army during the Korean War. He married Ruby May Johnson on November 1, 1980, in Rock Island. He was employed by National Cash Register Corp. for 21 years, and retired from John Deere Harvester Works in 1991, after 17 years. He was a member of Stewart Lodge #92, AF & AM, loved spending winters in Florida, and enjoyed fishing, traveling, and NASCAR racing.

Vinson is survived by his wife, Ruby; children, Dale Goodpaster and his wife Jo of Moline, and Cathy Beer of Escondido, California; a step-son, Danny Johnson and his wife Ruscinda of Louisville, Kentucky; eight grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; and siblings, Webb Goodpaster, Irene Kraft, Elma Hunter, Marie Gilbert, and Jo Barnett. He was preceded in death by a son, Kevin Neil Goodpaster, and three siblings.

Vinson's family extends thanks to the nurses at Trinity Rock Island for their compassionate care, and invites friends to share stories and condolences at TrimbleFuneralHomes.com.