Jean Clara Woodard (Tinney)

July 6, 1925 — March 1, 2021

Jean Clara Woodard, 95, a longtime resident of Twitchell Hill Road in Shaftsbury, died at home on Monday, March 1, 2021, following a long illness. She was born in Bennington Vermont on July 6, 1925 and was the daughter of the late Frank and Ruth Tinney. She was a graduate of the North Bennington High School. She married Edward G. Woodard in 1954. Mr. Woodard predeceased her on December 1, 2019.

Jean worked for several years at Sprague Electric after which she worked as a waitress at the Knotty Pine Restaurant, Paradise Restaurant, and The Ekwanok Country Club in Manchester Vermont from which she retired after 28 years of service.

Jean had a great love for life. She was an avid golfer and has recorded a "hole in one" during her golfing career. She enjoyed her weekly card games with her many friends., but most of all she loved being at her home in Sebring , which she considered her "heaven on earth."

Jean is survived by her nieces and nephews, Scott Tinney of Austin, Texas, Valerie (Rod ) Cameron of North Bennington Vermont, and Lisa (Steve) Woodcock of Chesapeake, Virginia. She leaves her great-nephews Tyler Cameron, Justus Cameron (Kristen), Ryan Woodcock, Logan (Tiffany) Woodcock, and Christopher Tinney. She leaves one great-grandniece, Morgan (Willie) Freebody of Lexington, Kentucky, and one great-grandnephew, Jaxon Cameron, as well as three great-great-grandnieces, Mattison and Kasey Cameron, and Tinsley Freebody. Jean also leaves her close friends Karen and Jim O'Braza and family of Akron, Ohio.

Besides her husband, Jean is predeceased by her brothers, Francis "Bud" Tinney and Donald Lorom, a sister Claire Turner, sister-in-law Elizabeth (Libby) Tinney, brother-in-law, Burton Turner, and one great-nephew, Carson Cameron.

The family would like to express their enormous gratitude to all of the nurses and staff at the VNA and Hospice of Bennington County. We would not have been able to care for Jean at home in her final days without all of the kindness and support of all of you great people.

There are no services or calling hours scheduled. Internment will take place privately at the convenience of the family.

Memorial contributions may be made to the VNA and Hospice of Bennington County through the Mahar and Son Funeral Home, 628 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201.

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Jean Clara Woodard (Tinney)

July 6, 1925 — March 1, 2021

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