{"id":71381,"date":"2019-12-24T09:31:31","date_gmt":"2019-12-24T14:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/?p=71381"},"modified":"2019-12-23T22:05:05","modified_gmt":"2019-12-24T03:05:05","slug":"gofton-douglas-age-82-formerly-fordwich-and-kitchener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/obituaries\/2019\/12\/gofton-douglas-age-82-formerly-fordwich-and-kitchener\/","title":{"rendered":"Gofton, Douglas (Age 82, Formerly Fordwich And Kitchener)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Douglas GOFTON <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">formerly of Fordwich and Kitchener, peacefully on Sunday, December 22, 2019, at the age of 82. Beloved husband of Frances (Finley) Gofton whom he married in 1966. Loving father of Doug and Susan and Dave and Bev. Special grandpa of Josh and Heather, Amy and Katie. Fondly remembered by his sister-in-law and brothers-in-law Cathy and Merv Poworoznyk, Brian and Kitty Lang and by many nieces, nephews and cousins. Predeceased by his parents Harry and Rose (Heinbecker) Gofton, sisters Gloria and husband Joe Thompson, Delphine and husband Ross Wicks and sister-in-law Marriane Lang.<\/span><br \/>\nDoug was a member of the Piston Rings Kitchener, worked for the City of Kitchener for 25 years and in his earlier years enjoyed motorcycling and woodworking. He was an all-around handyman being able to fix almost anything. Doug loved spending time with his family and friends.<br \/>\nRelatives and friends are invited to share their memories at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brennemanfuneralhome.ca\/\"><b>Brenneman Funeral Home<\/b><\/a><b>, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">141 John Street, Atwood on Friday, December 27 from 2 until 4 and 7 to 9 PM where the funeral service will be held on Saturday, December 28, 2019, at 11 AM with Pastor Richard Frey officiating. Interment in Elma Centre Cemetery, Atwood.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nAs expressions of sympathy, memorial donations to the Parkinson\u2019s Society or Diabetes Canada would be appreciated by the family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Douglas GOFTON formerly of Fordwich and Kitchener, peacefully on Sunday, December 22, 2019, at the age of 82. Beloved husband of Frances (Finley) Gofton whom he married in 1966. Loving father of Doug and Susan and Dave and Bev. Special grandpa of Josh and Heather, Amy and Katie. Fondly remembered by his sister-in-law and brothers-in-law","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[8,9,2951],"class_list":["post-71381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries","tag-atwood","tag-brenneman-funeral-home","tag-douglas-gofton"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-24 17:07:51","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/cknx.ca\/obituaries\/2019\/12\/gofton-douglas-age-82-formerly-fordwich-and-kitchener\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71381"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71382,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71381\/revisions\/71382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}