Shirley A. Woody

Mrs. Shirley Ann Woody, 84, of Lebanon, Indiana, passed away Sunday night, July 16, 2017. She was born in Boone County, Indiana, on May 23, 1933, the daughter of the late Charles H. and Opal Marie (Smith) Thompson. On September 19, 1954, she was married to Jon Leonard Woody at the Dover Christian Church. He passed away on November 24, 2004. Shirley was a lifelong resident of Boone County. She was a 1951 graduate of Dover High School and had attended Purdue University for a year. Shirley helped her husband with the family farm and volunteered at Witham Memorial Hospital for 34 years. She was an active member of Dover Christian Church. Shirley was a distinguished member of the Extension Homemakers and its various branches where she served as an officer and committee member on the local, district, state, and national level. She hosted several exchange Homemakers from various foreign countries and had traveled abroad a number of occasions as part of her work with the organization. She was an avid supporter and worker for the Republican party and was honored by the Indiana Federation of Republican Women for her outstanding service and leadership to the GOP. She was a member of the Boone County Republican Women’s Club and had served as a two-term vice president for the IFRW, district director of Sen. Richard Lugar’s re-election committee, a vice precinct committee person and had volunteered on local and state committees through the years. Also, to her credit for community involvement and service, Mrs. Woody was honored by being named a Sagamore of the Wabash. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother and loved her family dearly. Survivors include: Two Daughters: Vaughnie M. Slipher and husband, Joe – Thorntown, Indiana Vivian A. Norman and husband, Mick – Lebanon, Indiana Four Grandchildren: Justin Slipher and wife, Lindsey – Lake St. Louis, Missouri Jay Slipher and wife, Sara – Jamestown, Indiana Lindsey Norman – Thorntown, Indiana Michelle Stambro and husband, Joseph – Lebanon, Indiana Three Great Grandchildren: Jacob Norman Brody Slipher Brooklyn Slipher In addition to her parents and her husband, Shirley was preceded in death by a half-brother, Richard Ford, and a half-sister, Corabelle Evans. Funeral Services will be held at the Dover Christian Church, 955 State Road 75, Lebanon, Indiana on Saturday, July 22, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. Visitation is planned from 11:00 to 1:00 p.m. on Saturday at the church in Dover. Interment will follow services at the Dover Cemetery in Dover, Indiana. Myers Mortuary in Lebanon is handling the arrangements. Memorials may be made in her honor to the Dover Christian Church, 955 State Road 75, Lebanon, Indiana 46052 or to The Hearth at Tudor Gardens, 11755 North Michigan Road, Zionsville, Indiana 46077.

Shirley A. Woody

May 23, 1933 - July 16, 2017