Sadly, I am writing to let my followers know that my dear sweet husband, Michael Gene Goff passed away on December 19, 2011 at the age of 43. He was too young and we will miss him every moment.
Funeral services for Michael Gene Goff,
age 43 of Bonita (near Saint Jo) are set for 2:00 pm Friday, December 23, 2011 at the First United
Methodist Church in Saint Jo. A visitation is set for 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Thursday at the funeral home. The service will be officiated by Rev. Larry
Coleman and directed by McCoy Funeral Home of Saint Jo. Michael died at about
8:30 PM Monday, December 19 at his residence.
Michael came into this world on Oct. 11,1968, the son of
Jerral Don and Mary Kathryn Goff. He was a very little 4lbs. 15 ozs. Everyone
who knows him knows that didn’t last long. He grew up in Saint Jo and he wanted
his son to do the same, so he and Kirsten bought a home in Bonita and planned
to raise Bobby there.
He grew up attending the Methodist Church, being a Boy
Scout, playing summer baseball, and doing all the things that a boy does in a
small town in Texas. He graduated from Saint Jo High in 1987 and went to Texas
A&M where he earned his BS degree in Construction Science and learned to be
a Real AGGIE. He worked for the Texas Highway Dept. and in the construction
field all his adult life.
He married Kirsten McGregor on May 28, 1994. The story goes
that he posted a note on the internet that said “Where are you, slow talkin’
slow walkin’ country girl in the tight fittin’ jeans? If you like Aggies,
respond.” Respond she did, and you know the rest of the story. The great
adventures of his life was when they traveled all the way to Kazakhstan to
adopt their precious son Robert Curtis ‘Bobby’ Goff. They went there again a
few years later to show Bobby where he came from and to show the people there
what a wonderful son they had.
As a boy, Michael loved to fish with his brothers Curtis and
Jerral and his friends he spent many, many hours on and in the Katy Lake. He
had a great love for Colorado vacations there as a child, led to vacations
there as an adult, at the cabin of Kirsten’s parents. He always planned in his
heart to live there someday.
Michael loved his toys and another love of his life was his
Toyota Cruiser that he had lovingly restored and named “Clyde 2” as the
successor to a jeep owned by his Grandfather.
Michael loved his family with all of his heart. A fact he
thought he kept hidden from them, but made evident in his actions. Michael’s
family loves him with all their hearts and the hole his passing has left in
those hearts is immeasurable.
Michael is survived by his wife, Kirsten Leigh McGregor of
the home, a son, Robert “Bobby” Curtis Goff also of the home, Parents, Jerral
Don and Mary Kathryn Goff of Saint Jo, a brother, Curtis Don Goff and wife
Kathryn of Little Elm, Texas, Sister–in–law Ann Goff of Nacogdoches, Texas and
nephews Jeffrey, Ryan, Curry and Taylor Goff. He was preceded in death by a
brother Jerral Wayne Goff, grandparents, Curtis and Evie Martin and Jessie and
Beaulah Goff.
