IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Russell A.
Woodard
January 5, 1946 – July 3, 2008
Obituary
RUSSELL A. WOODARD, 62, of Sun City West, Arizona passed away Thursday, July 3, 2008.
Graveside memorial services will be held Wednesday, July 16th, at 11:30 a.m. at the Cherokee Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rev. Magrey deVega will officiate. The Boothby Funeral Home has charge of the arrangements.
Russ was born January 5, 1946 in Cherokee and graduated from Washington High School in 1965. He entered the United States Army and was a decorated Vietnam veteran, earning the Army Commendation medal for heroism along with the Purple Heart.
He moved to Omaha, Nebraska upon his military discharge and joined the City of Omaha police department. He was wounded on duty in 1977 and retired with a disability in 1983. He was married to LaVonne Manka on December 22, 2003 in Las Vegas, Nevada. They retired to Arizona in 2004 and resided in Sun City West.
He was preceded in death by a sister Ivana and a brother Fred.
He is survived by his wife, LaVonne, his parents, Dolores David Jensen of Quimby, Iowa; a son Kevin and a daughter Keri both of Omaha, Nebraska; a grandson Zach McBride; four brothers: Terry Jensen of Topeka, Kansas; Jerry Jensen of Sutherland, Iowa; Dan Jensen of Sioux City, Iowa; Dave Jensen of Reading, Kansas; two sisters: Sandra Persoon of Storm Lake, Iowa; Jerrilyn Knapp of Quimby, Iowa; many nieces and nephews, and four step-sons, Monte, Jeff, Scott, Eric Manka and families.
Graveside memorial services will be held Wednesday, July 16th, at 11:30 a.m. at the Cherokee Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rev. Magrey deVega will officiate. The Boothby Funeral Home has charge of the arrangements.
Russ was born January 5, 1946 in Cherokee and graduated from Washington High School in 1965. He entered the United States Army and was a decorated Vietnam veteran, earning the Army Commendation medal for heroism along with the Purple Heart.
He moved to Omaha, Nebraska upon his military discharge and joined the City of Omaha police department. He was wounded on duty in 1977 and retired with a disability in 1983. He was married to LaVonne Manka on December 22, 2003 in Las Vegas, Nevada. They retired to Arizona in 2004 and resided in Sun City West.
He was preceded in death by a sister Ivana and a brother Fred.
He is survived by his wife, LaVonne, his parents, Dolores David Jensen of Quimby, Iowa; a son Kevin and a daughter Keri both of Omaha, Nebraska; a grandson Zach McBride; four brothers: Terry Jensen of Topeka, Kansas; Jerry Jensen of Sutherland, Iowa; Dan Jensen of Sioux City, Iowa; Dave Jensen of Reading, Kansas; two sisters: Sandra Persoon of Storm Lake, Iowa; Jerrilyn Knapp of Quimby, Iowa; many nieces and nephews, and four step-sons, Monte, Jeff, Scott, Eric Manka and families.
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