Fairport: Age 86, passed away peacefully at home on April 23, 2015. She is preceded in death by her parents, Leo C. and Francis Louise Howard; two brothers, Gordon (Irma) Howard, Roger (Jackie) Howard; one sister, Beverly (Sandy) Kolb and her husband of 28 years David S. Woods. Survived by her two daughters, Patricia A. Young of Overland Park, KS, and Carolyn (Raymond) Shea of Fairport; granddaughter, Jennifer (David) Balta; and grandson, Andrew Sharp; one great-granddaughter, Charlotte Balta; and many nieces and nephews.
She was born in Ottawa, KS and graduated from Ottawa High School in 1945. She married David S. Woods in 1948 and lived in Humboldt, KS tor 20 years, moved to Overland Park, KS in 1976, and moved to Fairport, NY in 2009. She was a member at the Rolling Hills Presbyterian Church, PEO Chapter AM in Humboldt, where she served as president for two years of PEO Chapter IC of Overland Park, KS. She was a lifetime and charter member of Bethel #31 Job’s Daughter, Ottawa, KS. She served on the Board of Directors of the Humboldt National Bank for 10 years. She was employed as a financial service representative at Commerce Bank in Lenexa, KS until she retired at age 80, when she moved to Fairport to be close to her daughter and grandchildren.
Family will receive friends at Keenan Funeral Home, Egypt Location, 7501 Pittsford-Palmyra Road, Fairport, NY on Monday, April 27 from 5:00-7:00 PM. interment in Highland Cemetery, Ottawa, KS. A Graveside Service will be on Saturday, May 2, 2015 at 11:00 AM.