Dorothy Arabella Woods
April 29, 1913 — September 5, 2008
Dorothy Arabella Woods, of Eureka, died on Friday, September 5, 2008 at the Eureka Nursing Center, in Eureka, at the age of 95.
She was born on April 29, 1913, in Coffey County, the daughter of Frank Levi and May Frances (Peters) Lore. She was raised in Coffey County and attended rural schools.
On April 4, 1931, Dorothy was united in marriage to Gilbert Daniel Woods, in Iola. They made their home in Wichita. To his union, four children were born.
She is survived by one son, Gilbert Daniel Woods, Jr. of Stanton, California; two daughters, Mae Liebau of Toronto; and Vada Gaylene Ripley of Tyler, Texas; thirteen grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; seventeen great-grandchildren; three step-great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; one brother, Ben Lore of Eureka; and one sister, Vada Mae Ryther of Eureka. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, one son, one great-grandchild; two brothers; and six sisters.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at Koup Family Funeral Home, in Eureka, with Reverend Diana Hill of the First United Methodist Church officiating. Interment will follow in Greenwood Cemetery
The family has requested that memorials be sent to Greenwood County Home Health. Contributions may be sent in care of Koup Family Funeral Home at P.O. Box 595, Eureka, KS 67045, which was in charge of service arrangements.
She was born on April 29, 1913, in Coffey County, the daughter of Frank Levi and May Frances (Peters) Lore. She was raised in Coffey County and attended rural schools.
On April 4, 1931, Dorothy was united in marriage to Gilbert Daniel Woods, in Iola. They made their home in Wichita. To his union, four children were born.
She is survived by one son, Gilbert Daniel Woods, Jr. of Stanton, California; two daughters, Mae Liebau of Toronto; and Vada Gaylene Ripley of Tyler, Texas; thirteen grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; seventeen great-grandchildren; three step-great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; one brother, Ben Lore of Eureka; and one sister, Vada Mae Ryther of Eureka. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, one son, one great-grandchild; two brothers; and six sisters.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at Koup Family Funeral Home, in Eureka, with Reverend Diana Hill of the First United Methodist Church officiating. Interment will follow in Greenwood Cemetery
The family has requested that memorials be sent to Greenwood County Home Health. Contributions may be sent in care of Koup Family Funeral Home at P.O. Box 595, Eureka, KS 67045, which was in charge of service arrangements.
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