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Mattie
W. Woody Acord GRINNELL - Mattie W. Woody
Acord, 88, Grinnell, formerly of Newton, died from complications of
Alzheimer’s disease Tuesday, Jan. 8, at St. Francis Manor in Grinnell.
Graveside services were held today at Palo Alto Cemetery in rural Newton with
the Rev. Danny Hodges, associate pastor of Community Heights Alliance Church in
Newton, officiating. Wallace Family Funeral Home in Newton handled arrangements.
Memorials will be accepted to
the St. Frances Manor Activities Fund and may be left at the Wallace Family
Funeral Home in Newton. The daughter of Lewis A. and
Mattie J. Raines Anthony, she was born April 21, 1913, in rural Newton. She
attended Jasper County rural schools in the Metz area. On April 30, 1932, she
married Clifford
B. Woody in Reasnor She later married Harry Acord on Sept. 2, 1961, in Clinton.
Mrs. Acord was a retired factory worker for the Maytag Company and was a member
of Newton Chapter 100 Order of the Eastern Star and UAW Local 997 Retirees
Union. She was a lifelong resident of Newton and rural Newton, moving to
Grinnell in June 2000.
Survivors include a
daughter-in-law, Alice Woody of Newton, stepdaughter and husband, Betty and
Edward Snook of Montezuma, 10 grandchildren, many great-grandchildren, one great
great-grandchild, a brother and sister-in-law, Francis and Wanda Anthony of
Newton and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by
her parents, husbands, a son, eight brothers and five sisters. Newton Daily News, Newton, IA, January 10, 2002. |
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