Shirley Ann Woodbury

Shirley Ann Woodbury, age 72, of O’Brien, died Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at her home.

A day for memories is planned for Saturday, September 6, 2008 at 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at her home at 695 Lone Mountain Road in O’Brien. She loved ol’ fashioned pot-luck get togethers, so please bring smiles, stories and a simple dish, all under the old oak tree.

From the Womb to the Grave, we travel between the eternities. These are some of the travels of a Special Lady.

She was born Shirley Ann Pearce on February 5, 1936 in Cooper Hollow, Oregon. She was raised on a small farm with ten siblings, four brothers and six sisters. She attended grade school in Antioch, Oregon and then the family moved to Grants Pass where she went to high school. In 1954 she married Frank O. Murray and they had four daughters, Debbie, Barbara, Kathy and Linda Murray. In 1970 she married Bill Woodbury and moved to O’Brien. With the marriage, she welcomed three step-children, Lee, Claudia and Glenn Woodbury. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She carried all of those titles as badges of honor, treating everyone as her trophies. A very loving and loved special lady. She will be so deeply missed. She was our gift from God. She was our queen.

She played for and was an active member of the Josephine County Women’s Softball League.

Being a logger’s wife she took care of workers time sheets and pay checks. She took care of injured loggers and hugged worried wives and children. She spent hours in the sun flagging traffic while helicopters carried logs overhead.

Her hobbies included playing cards and games especially with family and friends and having family and friends over for morning coffee. She also enjoyed bird watching and feeding them and her squirrels along with crocheting, gardening, word search puzzles and watching old western movies. She loved caring for and loving her dogs, Tippy, Toby and Blazer. She specialized in making everyone feel like family with lots of hugs, smiles and kisses. She also loved country western music and dancing in her younger years. She loved nothing more than having a house filled with family, laughter and the smells of home cooked food.

In addition the her husband William H. “Bill” Woodbury of O’Brien; survivors include six children, Debbie Ann Malone of O’Brien; Barbara “Bobbie Jo” Annis of Central Point; Linda Jean Cushman of Medford; Lee Woodbury of Santee, California; Claudia Hansen and Glenn Woodbury both of Central Point; four sisters, Hazel Wiensz; and Myrtle Dean both of Merlin; Betty Goodchild of Clovis, California; and Darlene Benetti of Grants Pass; one brother, Wilber Pearce of Grants Pass; 19 grandchildren; 25 great grandchildren; and 23 nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Ethel Celia Pearce and David Randall Pearce; her daughter, Kathleen Kay Murray; two sisters and three brothers.

Illinois Valley Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements.