Obit of Woodward, Maryelyn Stewart - Mcclain County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Shelly Lynch  <leeshlynch@gmail.com>   10 Jun 2007
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::Floral Haven Chapel FH--Broken Arrow OK

WOODWARD -- Maryelyn Stewart, passed Saturday, April 7, 2007. She was 
born in Blanchard, OK, June 15, 1923, to Reuben Albert and Lyda 
Stewart. She completed her Bachelor of Arts degree from University of 
Oklahoma, in 1945 and briefly worked on her Master Degree. She was a 
member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority at OU. While teaching English and 
Business classes at University High School in Norman, she met and 
soon married, Clayton E. Woodard, June 22, 1945. They had been 
residents of Drumright, OK, for 15 years, before moving to Tulsa, in 
1965. In Tulsa, Maryelyn was active as a member of Asbury United 
Methodist Church, DAR, PEO Sisterhood Chapter DL and other charity 
groups. Maryelyn was an accomplished pianist and played for several 
years in a Drumright piano quartet. She was an avid bridge player, 
needlepointist, reader and enjoyed listening to classical music and 
music of the '40s. She was preceded by her husband of 58 years, C.E. 
Woodard, MD and survived by: son and daughter-in-law, Stewart and 
Monica Woodard of Lawrenceville, GA; son and daughter-in-law, Randy 
and Linda Woodard of Tulsa; her sister and brother-in-law, Catherine 
and Tom Woodward of Oklahoma City; and grandsons, Nolan Woodard of 
Atlanta, GA, Branden Woodard of Pittsburgh, PA and Clayton Woodard of 
Jacksonville, FL. Gifts may be made "In Memory of Maryelyn Woodard" 
to First United Methodist Church of Drumright, or United Methodist 
Francis Willard Home. Memorial service will be held at 3 p.m., 
Thursday, April 12, 2007 at Floral Haven Chapel, Broken Arrow, OK, 
252-2518.

Published in the Tulsa World on 4/11/2007.
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