THE “pie boy” was missing at the Albury Club on Thursday.
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The Pie Club meets every week to eat pies, but this week it was without its founder, Sam Goddard, who just loved a “dog’s eye” with White Crow tomato sauce.
There always was the mandarin for afters.
Mr Goddard was so involved in the community that he has been remembered in many different ways — as a father, a grandfather, Albury Croquet Club member, past president at Albury Lion’s, convenor of Old Melbournians North East branch and a regular at St Matthew’s Church.
He died aged 91 at Albury and District Nursing Home on Sunday.
Club president Peter Atkins said life member Mr Goddard, a member for 57 years, had been honoured at the senior members lunch yesterday.
“He told me last week how much he was looking forward to lunch — it was his favourite day,” Mr Atkins said.
Born in Melbourne in 1923, Mr Goddard went to school at the Church of England Grammar School before doing degrees at Melbourne University in science and medicine.
He then moved to England where he studied opthamology at the University of London.
He returned a specialist after graduating.
On the ship home, he met his wife to be, Maraion Suttie. They returned to England to marry in 1954.
Their eldest son, David, said they often remembered the ship as “the love boat”.
“It’s a romantic story because the captain of the ship introduced him as the ship’s doctor to my mother who had served as a nurse during World War II,” he said.”
The couple had the first of their three sons while living in Adelaide before moving to Albury in 1957.
Mr Goddard owned eye clinics at the Beehive Chambers, Hume Chambers and Englehardt Street and Stanley Street before retiring in 1993 when he was 70.
He was always quick to answer the call when a regional hospital required a specialist.
He was the Albury Club’s oldest member.
Mr Atkins said he was a man with many loves.
“He was an intelligent amazing man,” he said.
He was extremely friendly and courteous and lived life to the full.
“He loved his croquet, was a swimmer, a great boxer at Melbourne grammar and he even did a bit of yoga.”
Mr Goddard was cremated at Lester and Sons on Thursday.
He is survived by sons David, Christopher and Andrew and six grandchildren.
