Champaign County OhArchives Obituaries.....Bishop, Willis E "Woody" February 26, 2009
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The Bellefontaine Examiner 26-Feb-2009
Willis E. “Woody” Bishop, 84, of Rosewood, passed away at 7:40 p.m. Thursday, 
Feb. 26, 2009, in Koester Pavilion, Troy. 
He was born in Clark County on March 21, 1924, a son of the late Clarence and 
Margaret German Bishop. 
On Jan. 17, 1947, he married Dorothy Jane Wheaton and she survives. Together 
they raised two sons, Clarence “Gene” (Kathy) Bishop of Pahrump, Nev., and 
Jerry (Donna) Bishop of Rosewood. 
He also is survived by four grandchildren, Drs. Nicki (Kevin) Kallmeyer of 
Cincinnati, Kelly (Jodi Adams) Bishop of Rosewood, David Bishop of Phoenix and 
Candace Bishop of Las Vegas; six great-grandchildren, Genevieve, Giuliana and 
Ettienne Kallmeyer, Kole and Bailey Bishop, and Raiden McCain; two brothers, 
Harold Bishop of Springfield and Merlin Bishop of New Carlisle; and numerous 
nieces and nephews. 
A 1942 graduate of Lawrenceville High School, Woody served his country in the 
Army during World War II. He was a dairy farmer until 1972 and then became an 
adjuster for Federal Crop Insurance until 2007. 
He was a past president of the Ohio Holstein Association, Champaign County 
Farm Bureau and two-time St. Paris Lions Club Lion of the Year award winner. 
He also was adviser for many years of the Dairy All the Way 4-H Club and was a 
member of the DeGraff VFW. 
Pastor Jim Fannin of the Christian Worship Center conducts a funeral at 11 
a.m. Wednesday in the Atkins-Shively Funeral Home, St. Paris, where calling is 
from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday. Burial is in Terre Haute Cemetery with military 
honors by the Urbana American Legion Post 120

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