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- The Deseret News
April 23, 2006
Charles Eugene Woodbury 1922 ~ 2006 Charles Eugene Woodbury died April 20, 2006, in San Antonio, TX. He was born Oct. 5, 1922 to Warren Haskell and Hattie Druce Lambert Woodbury in Granger, Utah.
He graduated from Cyprus High School and attended the University of Utah before joining the Army Air Corps as a pilot during World War II, serving 27 years and retiring as a Lt. Colonel in the US Air Force. Following his service, he taught aviation maintenance at Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon, and founded the school of aviation maintenance at Salt Lake Community College in Utah.
Charles married Fay Louise Hemmingsen in the Salt Lake Temple August 10, 1945. Charles served as a home teacher, high councilor, and bishop and temple worker in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving in the Houston and San Antonio Temples. Charles and his wife served an LDS leadership mission to (then) Zaire, Africa.
He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Fay, San Antonio, Texas; and his six children, Charla Woodbury, Orem, Utah; Carol (David) Dowding, Loveland, Colorado; Vern (DeeDee) Woodbury, Austin, Texas; Sandra (Gerry) King, Round Rock, Texas; Brian (Dana) Woodbury, Gilbert, Arizona; Kevin (Mary Ellen) Woodbury, Round Rock, Texas; brother, Ethan (Janice) Woodbury, West Valley City, Utah; brother, Donald Woodbury, West Valley City, Utah; brother, Robert (Dorothy) Woodbury, Eltopia, Washington; sister-in-law, Phyllis Woodbury, St. George, Utah; and 24 grandchildren, and 17 great-grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his parents, three sisters (Helen, Irene, and Pearl) and two brothers (Bud and Jack).
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