Woody, Martha R. Gardner – 1912-1995

DISCH, GARDNER, HARDENBROOK, SHORT, SMITH, WOODY

Posted By: Donna Sloan Rempp
Date: 8/27/2016 at 18:57:58

Services Held
Martha R. Gardner Woody, 82, a lifelong resident of the Newton and Reasnor communities, died Sunday, June 11, 1995, at the Heritage Manor Center.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, June 14, 1995, at the Monroe Presbyterian Church.
Dr. Thomas Bass of Perryville, Missouri, former pastor of the church, conducted services.
Burial was in Palo Alto Cemetery near Newton.
Memorials to Hospice of Jasper County or the Monroe Presbyterian Women’s Circle will be accepted.
Survivors are four sons and daughters-in-law, William and Coralee of Phoenix, Arizona, Jerry and Linda of Reasnor, Joseph and Joan of Rochester, N.Y., and Dr. Raymond and Laurel of Fairfield; three daughters and sons-in-law, Kay and Walter Disch of Sioux Center, Janet and Bill Short of Osceola and Irma Woody of Newton; 18 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Hoyt, and two sisters, Mable Hardenbrook and Florence Woody.
Mrs. Woody was a member of the Monroe Presbyterian Church.
The daughter of William and Ida Smith Gardner, she was born September 23, 1912, in Newton and was a 1930 graduate of Newton Community High School.
She was married to Hoyt Woody March 17, 1944.
They resided southeast of Reasnor until she moved to Newton in 1988.
Source: Monroe Legacy; Thursday, 22 June 1995