Carroll
Marcella "Sally" Woods, 96, formerly of Gowrie, passed away August 21, 2025 at Rolling Meadows Senior Living in Carroll, Iowa.
Memorial services will be 11:00 a.m. Monday, September 1, 2025 at Laufersweiler's Palmer & Sons Funeral Home, Gowrie. (Please note the date). A visitation will be 10:00 a.m. until the time of the service at the funeral home. Burial will be at Lost Grove Township Cemetery, Harcourt.
Survivors include her sisters Mary Page and Nancy Hartwigsen; children Bill (Tylene) Woods, Mike (Jan) Woods, Kent (Meg) Woods and Terry (Pat) Rabbitt; grandchildren Damon (Stephanie), Cory (fiance Stephani), Derek, Alicia (Chris), Josh (Tiffany), Kevin (Toni), Kurt (Andrea), Maureen (Andy), Brittany (Chris), Abbey (Cale), Ellen, Colin, Crista, Rebecca, Hannah (fiance Tadgh), Joshua (Whitney), Chivaun, Nicholas; 25 great-grandchildren and 6 great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, George and Mary Byrns; husband William (Bill) Woods; son Steven; siblings George, Irene, Vava and Robert.
Sally Woods was born September 5, 1928 at home on the farm in the Bagley area, Greene County, Iowa. After graduating from Cooper High School in 1945, Sally attended Drake University for one year and continued living in Des Moines working at a doctor's office until marrying Bill Woods on February 20, 1949.
Bill and Sally lived in Lorimor for a short time, then moved to their "cozy" south of Lorimor. In the spring of 1952, they moved to the farm in Webster County where they lived until moving to Gowrie the summer of 2006. She moved to Winterset in 2016 with her daughter Terry and husband Pat. Sally's final move was in 2020 to Swan Place Senior Living Center (now Rolling Meadows) in Carroll, Iowa.
Sally was active in the Lanyon Covenant Church. She was an avid quilter and was often found with a needle and thread in her hand whether she was embroidering, quilting, or making clothes for her grandkids. She knew everyone's favorite meal by heart and was a cookie baker extraordinaire. Sally and Bill liked to travel and go on fishing trips. She loved having her family home, enjoying a game of cards or board games (was a perpetual Clue winner) with the kids and grandkids. Sally encouraged everyone to join in on activities and festivities at Rolling Meadows.
Memorials may be left to the discretion of the family.
Palmer & Sons Funeral Home
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