Daniel John Goos

Daniel John Goos, “Goose,” 67, of Fairfield, passed away in the early morning on May 2, 2020, at Peace Hospice, following complications from a massive stroke. Dan was born April 16, 1953, in Chamberlain, South Dakota, to Albert and Mairleen (Soulek) Goos. He moved up to Fort Shaw in the 70s, with his then wife, Marilyn, and their daughter Becky. After he and Marilyn divorced, Dan met and married Linda Alfson. They welcomed daughters, Tia and Sammi. In the early 90s, Dan and Linda divorced. In 2003, Dan met the love of his life, his sweetie, Dorothy Curnow. Together they both received an extended family. Dan always would find a way to help them. He loved doing his famous fish fry’s or smoking something in his homemade smoker. Family and friends were so important to him. Unfortunately, in 2017, Dan lost his sweetie, and seemed to have lost a part of himself as well. He still smiled and hunted and fished, but he missed her so much. Dan started working for Greenfield Oil in Fort Shaw. He and his family moved up to the Fairfield Bench in ’83, where he started working for the Cenex in Fairfield.He busted tires for many years, then started delivering fuel for many surrounding counties, until his back got so bad, he could no longer work. He was always the “Goose” or the Fuel Man, anytime someone would yell “Goose,” he would honk. He met and made many friends during his life, always had a smile on his face, would like to play pranks on people, then chuckle about it. If you needed help with something, he would tinker with it until he could get it working again. He always loved to hunt and fish. Not one person who went fishing with him could understand how he could always catch the fish, while they would sometimes fail. He loved taking his girls out hunting, and in the recent years, was a proud papa when his granddaughters were able to start hunting as well. He bragged about his girls, liked to share pictures and talk about all the success stories to all of his friends and family. Dan was preceded in death by his parents, Albert and Mairleen; siblings, Roger Goos, Marlys and Kenny Schaefe, and Gloria Solheim; numerous cousins; his ex-father-in-law, Donald Alfson; many good fishing; hunting; and pool buddies. He is survived by his daughters, Rebecca (Tony) Arnold, Tia (Ken) Naylor, and Samantha Goos; grandchildren, T’Ly and Kiki Taylor, and TJ and Tynikki Arnold; stepchildren, Rachel (Blake) Martinez, Shannon (Daylen) King, and their families; brothers, Leroy (Janet), Pete (Annie), and Pat (Diana) Goos; numerous nieces; nephews; cousins; ex-wife, Linda Alfson; ex-mother-in-law, Ida Alfson; special friends, Brian, Kevin, and Lee; and his two pups, Teddie and Moozie. Many, many hearts were touched by Dan. He was truly a one of a kind soul. We lost a great, gentle man, while Heaven gained another angel. We know he is back with his family and sweetie, drinking coffee, fishing, and telling another story. The family would like to thank Peace Hospice for taking such great care of Dad the last few days he was with us, especially Asher, who was our own angel while helping Dad. Cremation has been entrusted to Schnider Funeral Home. Services will be planned for a later date.