Woody, Avery O. – 1902-1972

BRODERSEN, BURBRIDGE, CUPPLES, ENGLE, HUYSER, JOHNSON, KALDENBURG, LUST, TYRRELL, VANZANTE, WILLIAMS, WINN, WOODY

Posted By: Donna Sloan Rempp
Date: 8/27/2016 at 18:50:09

Life Story of Avery O. Woody
Funeral services for Avery O. Woody, 69, of Monroe, a resident of Monroe since 1964, were held Saturday at the Monroe Baptist Church.
The Rev. Wayne K. Anderson, pastor of the church, conducted the services. Burial was in Palo Alto Cemetery.
Survivors are his wife, Ethel; a son, Lawrence of Reasnor; three daughters, Mrs. Norman (Doris) Engle of Minneapolis, Minn., Mrs. Norman (Mary) Van Zante of Pella and Mrs. Alan (Lois) Williams of Prairie City; two step daughters, Mrs. Roy (Mary) Cupples of Monroe and Mrs. Orland (Ann) Huyser of Pella; 11 grandchildren; four step grandchildren, and two brothers, Hoyt Woody and Horace Woody, both of Reasnor.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his first wife Esther Johnson Woody in 1965, a son Duane, a grandson Jeffrey Engle, and three sisters, Mrs. Lloyd (Agnes) Lust, Mrs. Ernest (Blanche) Burbridge and Mrs. Afton (Zola) Winn.
Mr. Woody was a member of the Woodmen of America Lodge.
The son of Henry and Ella Brodersen Woody, he was born August 2, 1902 in Jasper County.
He was married to Ethel Kaldenburg Tyrrell December 20, 1966 at Monroe.
Mr. Woody farmed in the Sully and Reasnor communities prior to his retirement in 1964.
He died Thursday morning, April 20, at Skiff Memorial Hospital in Newton.
Source: Monroe Mirror; 27 April 1972