Grace Loraine Woodruff

August 24, 1917 - January 21, 2004

Grace Loraine Woodruff, age 86, passed away Wednesday morning, January 21, 2004. She was born August 24, 1917, in Heavener, Oklahoma to Walter Ernest Duncan and Ida Mae (Teeter) Duncan. She married Lawrence Owen Woodruff May 7, 1939 in Fort Scott, Kansas. Grace lived in Lindsay since 1956. She was a faithful Christian, devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. Grace worked for the Lindsay News and several local clothing stores before she retired. During World War II she was a "Rosie the Riveter". She is survived by her husband Lawrence Woodruff, of the home, one son Dr. Ernest Woodruff and wife Jeanne of Maryville, MO, one daughter Linda Johnson and husband David of Ardmore, OK, three grandsons; Steven Johnson of Seminole OK, John Johnson of Ardmore, OK and Mark Johnson of Whitesboro, TX, two granddaughters; Melissa Wallace of Maryville, MO, and Pamela Evans of Lubbock, TX, seven great grandchildren; Amanda, Stephanie, Calvin, Serena, Alan, Jack and Jessica, and several nephews and nieces. Grace was preceded in death by one daughter, Carolyn Mae, as well as her parents, and all of the brothers and sisters, Clifford, Kate, Naomi, Lona, Clarence, and Elmer. Services will be Friday, January 23, 2004 at 2:00 p.m. at the Church of Christ building on Highway 19 West. Interment will be at Green Hill cemetery in Lindsay. Funeral arrangements for Grace Loraine Woodruff are under the direction of the staff at B.G. Boydston Funeral Home, 308 SW Third Street, Lindsay, Oklahoma. Condolences may be sent to the Woodruff family via our online website at www.boydstonfuneralhome.com