Passed away August 14, 2023. He left behind his mother Marie Gooding and his father Russell Deforest and his step-dad Mark Cober. Also his son Russell Deforest Jr. and his brother Jason and Sandy Gooding. He will be missed by his many family and friends. God has a new drummer in heaven. Arrange-ments entrusted to the Henry Walser Funeral Home, 507 Frederick Street, Kitchener, 519-749-8467.