Mary Ellen Woods, age 80
June 15, 1941 – October 16, 2021
Mary Ellen Woods, age 80, of Newton, Illinois, passed away at 7:55 PM- Saturday, October 16, 2021, at HSHS
St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, Illinois.
Funeral services celebrating Mary’s life will be held at 2:00 PM – Friday, October 22, 2021 at the Meyer
Funeral Home in Newton, Illinois with Tom Matson officiating. Visitation will be held from 12:00 – 2:00
PM, at the funeral home. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery in Palestine, Illinois. In loving memory
of Mary, memorials may be made to the family.
The obituary can be viewed and condolences left at www.meyerfh.com.
Mary Ellen was born on June 15, 1941, in Robinson, Illinois, the daughter of Ralph Eugene and Ruth Jane
(Goff) Barrick.
Mary was a loving wife, mother and grandmother, she loved spending time with her family, visiting and eating.
She welcomed anyone who would stop to visit with her and when she could speak of her family you would be
listening for a while. She often sat on her porch watching the humming birds and admiring her flowers. She
was known to grow nearly anything; she enjoyed the challenge of nurturing those that were withering away.
Her strength, determination and honest opinions were qualities that she was admired for. She poured that
strength into her loved ones and to others, in turn leaving a lasting legacy behind.
Mary is survived by:
Husband Donald L. Woods of Newton, Illinois
5 Children- Mary Joann (Steve) Jefferson of Troy, Missouri; Lisa Marie (Mark) Shook of Lawrenceville,
Illinois; Bertha June “Bert” (Tim) Jones of Newton, Illinois; Ruth Rana Howe of Newton, Illinois and Katrina
Michelle (Johnny) Thornton of Marion, Indiana
Brother- Ralph Wayne (Joyce) Barrick of Robinson, Illinois
Brother-in-law- Robert Tidwell of Palestine, Illinois
Multiple grandchildren, great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren
Mary was preceded in death by her parents, 3 children Robert Lee Nading, Cynthia Jean Kirk and Billie Dawn
Williams, granddaughter Dorothy Stork and sister Ladonna Jean Tidwell.
