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WOODS, Bernadine C. 1923-2013

WOODS, LILLY, LAWRENCE, BRICKER, ALEXANDRES, SHIPPY, THARP, MATTHIAS

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 1/15/2013 at 01:59:24

[Waterloo Courier, Sunday, January 6, 2013]

WATERLOO — Bernadine C. Woods, 89, of Waterloo, formerly of Cedar Falls, died Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2013, at Lakeview Landing, Waterloo.

She was born June 14, 1923, in Cedar Falls, daughter of Paul and Thelma Lawrence Lilly. She married Samuel P. Woods on Oct. 23, 1941, in Cedar Falls. He died Nov. 23, 1994.

She was a 1941 graduate of Cedar Falls High School and a 1965 graduate of Waterloo School of Practical Nursing. She worked as an LPN for several years at Schoitz Memorial Hospital, Waterloo.

Survived by four daughters: Sandra (Felton) Woods-Bricker of Mohave Valley, Ariz., Sally (Stefan) Alexandres of St. Cloud, Fla., Sonya (Kenny) Shippy of Waterloo and Sarita Woods of Minneapolis; two sons, Sam (Ardis) of Owatonna, Minn., and Steve of Houston; seven grandchildren, Nick and Jenny Woods, Amy Shippy, Angela (Will) Stone, Avye Alexandres, Alicia and Alexandra Woods; a stepgranddaughter, Lori Daniels; six great-grandchildren: Zach, Hannah, Grant, Madeline, Dorian and Lilly; four stepgreat-grandchildren: Jesi, Katie, Sarah and Jade, and two brothers, John (Vera) Lilly of Cedar Falls and Joseph (Minni) Lilly of Ocean Springs, Miss.

Preceded in death by a stepgranddaughter, Tracy Shippy; a stepgreat-grandson, Michael; two sisters, Margaret Tharp and Rosemary Matthias; and a brother, Tom Lilly.

Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home, Cedar Falls, preceded by an hour of visitation. Per her wishes, Bernadine donated her body for anatomical study to the Mayo Clinic Department of Anatomy, Rochester, Minn.

Memorials in lieu of flowers, may be directed to Alzheimer’s Association or Mayo Clinic for Alzheimer’s Research.


 

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