- Date Of Birth: June 3, 1942
- Date Of Death: September 2, 2022
- State: Florida
Joseph E. Godard, M.D., age 80, of New Smyrna Beach, died at his residence in the early hours of Friday, September 2, 2022, surrounded by family.
Dr. Godard was born in Clinton, Massachusetts to William and Isabel Crossman Godard. He graduated from Hebron Academy, Hebron, Maine and received his undergraduate degree from Brown University. He earned his medical degree at the University of Vermont and completed his internship at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. He then began his radiology residency at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee.
He was the first full-time Radiologist at Fish Memorial Hospital (now AdventHealth) in New Smyrna Beach, where he worked for twenty-two years. He then semi-retired and did locum tenens assignments throughout Florida and several other states, having medical licenses in six states.
Survivors include his wife of 38 years, Nancy; 2 sons, Andrew Godard (Juliet) of Port Orange, and Michael Godard (Chelsea) of Austin, TX; two granddaughters, Karissa and Natalie; and several nieces, nephews and cousins. He was preceded in death by his parents, and brothers Gordon and Bill.
