Theodore Lee Gooch, III, 64, of Sioux City, hitched a ride with the Lord on January 21, 2013 at a local hospital. Services will be held at noon on Saturday 26, 2013 at Waterbury Funeral Service with Rev. Roger Madden officiating.
Visitation will be held 5-7 pm on Friday evening at the funeral home. Per his wishes, Theodore has been cremated. Arrangements are under the direction of Waterbury Funeral Service.

Theodore was born June 12, 1948 in Norfolk, Virginia, the son of Theodore Lee Gooch II, a WWII veteran and Emily (Smithson) Gooch. Theodore grew up in Virginia surrounded by a large trucking family. He would often go trucking with his dad and became a man of the road himself. Theodore enlisted in the Navy and was oversees for four years. He served as an E-3 seaman on the U.S.S. Yancey, and as his captain said, he was the best boiler man he had ever seen. Lee passed through Sioux City where he met the love of his life, Linda at Truck Haven.
Together they had one son, Theodore Lee Gooch, IV.

Lee was the brightest star to ever walk this earth; he touched every life he came
in contact with. He was a genuine person who could make anyone laugh and was definitely one of a kind... Keep on Trucking!!!

Survivors include his special lady Linda "Heger" Nelson, sons Theodore
Lee Gooch, IV of Sioux City, and Robert Joseph "BJ" Nelson of Las Vegas,
daughter Misty Nelson and her husband Eddie Motz of Sioux City, brother
Jimmy Gooch of Virginia, special cousin Curtis Gooch, and three grandchildren Laycoln and Mya Mae Motz, and Arianna Nelson, and many, many good friends he made during his travels.

Theodore was preceded in death by his parents, brother Thomas Ray Gooch and many friends.