Woody, Maurice Leonard – 1916-1992

DANKS, METZ, PERKINS, SHUNK, WALKER, WOODY

Posted By: Donna Sloan Rempp
Date: 8/27/2016 at 18:58:23

Services Held
Maurice Leonard Woody, 75, of Newton since 1950 and a lifelong resident of Jasper County, died March 9, 1992 at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines following a heart attack.
Funeral services will be held today at the Foursquare Church.
The Rev. James Black, pastor of the church, conducted services. Burial will be in Sugar Grove Cemetery near Newton.
Memorials to the Foursquare Church will be accepted.
Survivors are his wife, Aletha L.; a son and daughter-in-law, Leonard L. and Becky Woody of Newton; three daughters and sons-in-law, Lois L. and Glenn Shunk of Newton, Leona M. and John Metz of Stewardstown, Pa.; and La Vonne E. and Dan Perkins of Newton; seven grandchildren; two great granddaughters, and a sister, Ardelle Woody of Newton.
He was preceded in death by his parents and four brothers, Oakley, Hershel, Neil and Rex.
Mr. Woody, a member of the Foursquare Church and United Auto Workers, Local 997 had been an assembler at the Parsons Co. in Newton.
The son of Harry and Maude Danks Woody, he was born December 2, 1916 in rural Monroe and attended rural schools.
He was married to Aletha Walker October 3, 1942 in Princeton, Missouri.
Source: Monroe Mirror; 12 March 1992