SGT. MAJOR WOODARD (RET) "WOODY" 


Big Bear Lake, San Bernardino County, CA
Published in the "Big Bear Grizzly" Thursday, October 6, 2005 11:42 AM PDT
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SGT. MAJOR WOODARD (RET) "WOODY"  Passed SATURDAY, OCT. 1, 2005, IN SAN BERNARDINO 
AFTER A STRONG FIGHT.

BORN JULY 16, 1925, IN BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN, AND he was A RESIDENT OF BIG BEAR 
CITY FOR 25 YEARS.

MR. WOODARD WAS A MEMBER OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH and THE US MARINE CORPS DRILL 
INSTRUCTORS ASSOCIATION.

SGT MAJOR WOODARD, RET. SERVED 37 YEARS IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPs HAVING JOINED 
JUNE 14, 1943. HIS COMBAT ACTION ENCOMPASSED WWII (IWO JiMA), KOREAN, AND FOUR TIMES IN 
VIET NAM. HE WAS WOUNDED THREE TIMES.

IN ADDITION TO NUMEROUS COMBAT RIBBONS, HE WAS AWARDED BRONZE STAR MEDAL WITH COMBAT "V", 
PURPLE HEART MEDAL WITH two STARS, NAVY COMMENDATION WITH COMBAT "V", ARMED FORCES 
EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL, NAVY OCCUPATION SERVICE MEDAL, CROSS OF GALLANTRY WITH PALM DEVICE, 
AND A GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL WITH NINE STARS.

 
SGT MAJOR WOODARD IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING WIFE OF 58 YEARS, AUDREY "JUNE" OF BIG BEAR CITY, 
CALIf; DAUGHTER VICTORIA LEE BLAiR of IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO; ONE GRAND- DAUGHTER, ANDREA BLAIR 
MCGOUGAN; three GRANDSONS, MICHAEL WOODARD BLAIR, CHRISTOPHER SKEEN BLAIR AND DAVID REEDER 
BLAIR; AND ONE GREAT GRANDSON, JACKSON SCOTT MCGOUGAN.

VISITATION WILL BE HELD wEDNESDAY 5 to 7P.M. AT BOBBITT MEMORIAL CHAPEL, 1299 E. HIGHLAND AVE., 
SAN BERNARDINO, CA, 92404.

FUNERAL sERVICES AND PRESENTATION OF MILITARY HONORS WILL BE HELD THURSDAY, OCT. 6, 2005, 
AT 11:45 A.M. STAGING AREA #4 AT RIVERSIDE NATIONAL CEMETERY, 22495 VAN BUREN BLVD., RIVERSIDE, CAlif.

IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, THE FAMILY REQUESTS DONATIONS BE SENT TO THE AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION, 
P.O. BOX 1131, FAIRFAX, VA 22038.

Bobbit Memorial Chapel, directors. Send condolences online at www.bobbittchapel.com