Melvin E. "Bub" Woodward 1951 - 2008
WOODWARD, BABB
Posted By: Connie Swearingen (email)
Date: 4/29/2019 at 17:04:36
Sioux City Journal
19 October 2008SIDNEY, Ark. -- Melvin E. "Bub" Woodward, 56, of Sidney passed away unexpectedly on July 10, 2008, in Batesville, Ark.
The body was cremated. Graveside memorial services will be 2 p.m. Oct. 25 in Grant Township Cemetery at Ticonic, Iowa. A coffee will be held at Ticonic Methodist Church following the service.
Bub was born Nov. 18, 1951, in Onawa, Iowa, the son of Melvin J. and Anna (Babb) Woodward. He was raised on a farm near Grant Center, Iowa, and attended Maple Valley Community Schools. Upon completion of his schooling, he was involved in many careers. He worked on construction, did long-haul trucking, owned and operated a trailer park, built his own home in Chapman, Neb., where he lived for several years, raised and sold purebred dogs and owned and operated his own car repair business. He helped others with their farming and any other thing anyone needed help with.
Several years ago, he purchased land in Arkansas and moved there with his family to farm the land. He raised and sold livestock. He planted a huge garden and put it all up for future use. He was a hunter and also had meat put up for his family's use. He was an excellent cook and loved to cook for his family. At the time of his death, he operated a farm near Sidney, Ark.
He was a member of Antioch Baptist Church. Bub loved his family and friends more than anything and was dedicated to helping them in any way that he could. Everyone who knew him knew they only needed to ask and he would be there to help them. Bub is terribly missed by his family and friends.
Survivors include his son, Aaron Woodward and his wife, Effie of Sidney, Ark.; his father, Melvin J. Woodward of Mapleton, Iowa; two sisters, Patricia A. Woodward of Lincoln, Neb., and Pamela K. Heinemann of Sioux City; three grandchildren, Riley Lewis Gervasi, Alexis Clara Marie Woodward and Mercedes Anna Janine Woodward; his paternal grandmother, Blanche E. Woodward of Onawa, Iowa; many aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews; and many friends.
He was preceded in death by his mother; a baby sister; his paternal grandfather, Russell D. Woodward; his maternal grandparents, George and Rosa Mae Babb; a grandson, Malek Clifton; and several aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews.
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