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Gladys R. Sebring Woodard, 92, of West Liberty, died Sunday, March 20, 2016, at Green Hills Retirement Community, West Liberty.
She was born on May 15, 1923, in London, England, to the late Floyd and Rosina George Sebring.
She moved with her family to Russells Point as a young child and then to West Liberty in 1950. Gladys lost her first husband, James Goldsberry, to a heart attack, and a daughter Barbara, 9, to complications in surgery.
Gladys married Ernest Woodard on July 18, 1953, in West Liberty, and they raised four children, retired and moved to Florida, where they remained until Ernest passed away Feb. 13, 2013, at which time she moved back to West Liberty and has lived at Green Hills since.
A 1941 graduate of Lewistown High School, Gladys was a homemaker and a member of the West Liberty Presbyterian Church.
Gladys is survived by children, Tamara (Fred) Johnson of Albion, Mich., Greg Woodard of West Liberty, Robin Harris of Wesley Chapel, Fla., and Doug Woodard of Charlotte, N.C.; six grandchildren, Andrea (Derek) Shaffer, Brittney (John Paul) Gillis, Connor Woodard, Nicholas Woodard, Laine Woodard and Alexander Harris; two great-grandchildren, Jordan Shaffer and Devin Shaffer; a sister, Dorothy Barr of Edgewater, Fla.; a brother, James (Pat) Sebring of Bellefontaine; and several nieces and nephews.
The Rev. Forrest Amidon officiates the funeral service at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, March 26, at the Eichholtz Daring & Sanford Funeral Home, West Liberty, where visitation is one hour prior. Burial is in Fairview Cemetery, West Liberty.
Memorial contributions may be made to Senior Independence Hospice, 6520 Poe Ave. Suite 100, Dayton OH 45414.
Condolences may be expressed at www.edsfh.com.