EARL J. WOODCOCK

Boone

Earl J. Woodcock, 80, of Boone, IA, passed away at his home at the Eastern Star Masonic Home Courtyard Terrace in Boone on Friday morning, August 27, 2010 where he and his wife have resided since February of 2008.

He was born on September 11, 1929 in Coal Springs, SD, the son of Earl and Myrtle (Butler) Woodcock.

On February 6, 1956, he married Viola Dacus at the Assembly of God Church in Scobey, MT.

Earl was a bookkeeper for Hallet Construction and Zontelli Construction Company for a number of years. He was later employed at Pat Clemons as a grounds keeper and at Iowa State University in the maintenance department.

He was a member of the First United Methodist Church; a veteran of the Korean Conflict serving with the United States Marine Corps from 1951 to 1953; was a volunteer fireman in Crosby, MN for 20 years; the American Legion; and was a life time member of the Forty and Eight Club. Earl enjoyed playing cards and dominoes.

His parents, Myrtle and Earl Woodcock, and seven siblings preceded him in death.

Survivors include his wife Vi of Boone; two sons Bruce Woodcock and Tim Woodcock both of Tucson, AZ; two daughters Cheryl Kantor of Tucson, AZ and Tammy Swenson and husband Paul of Burke, VA; 13 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; one sister Erlene Ogg of Vancouver, WA; and many nieces and nephews.

Earl’s request was to be cremated.

A memorial service will be held on Monday morning, August 30 at 10:30 a.m. at the First Methodist Church in Boone with Rev. Andrea Kraushaar officiating.

Interment of the remains will be held at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, those wishing to express their sympathies through a memorial may direct their gift to the First United Methodist Church.

Online condolences may be made to www.starkwelin.com

Stark-Welin Funeral Directors in Boone is in charge of arrangement.

I had a submission for last week’s theme from Becky Perkovich, but during some computer swapping it has been temporarily lost, but I’ll post it as soon as I am able to locate it. Here are the other submissions for FOOD:

Dawn Krause


Christopher D. Bennett


Mike Vest


Julie Johnson

Dawn’s Poem of the Week

Food For Thought

Rich and creamy French silk pie
Makes me glisten with devilish eye
Perhaps an apple for my health
Wise choice yes, but not for wealth
Maybe celery to trim me down
Without peanut butter makes me frown
Popcorn then my snack shall be
But alas, none on the shelf I see
Crackers then will be my way
Hope they last me through the day…

The Random Generator has spoken and the theme for this week is:

So get off of your feet or get up high. Look at something from a different perspective than you normally see things. I’ll be excited to see the submissions.

4/6

Only 2(3) more parts of this project to go. Here are the links to review the first 3 parts of the project:

Here are a few more images from the 4/6 Photo Shoot:

Part 5 of this project will be shot in early September and Part 6 will take sometime in October. I’m very excited about Part 6!

Here are a few more pictures of my trip to the State Fair.

Last year I had only 1 goal and that was to see The Blue Band. Instead of getting to see The Blue Band I was nearly killed on a midway ride and spent the rest of the night trying not to vomit up my innards. This year I was able to see The Blue Band.

Nader’s First Turkey Leg


A Happy State Fair Memory


The DNR Building – One of my favorite buildings.








I would consider putting a pond in my yard, just so I could have water lilies.








Nader wanted his picture taken with the Story County flag.

A few pictures from my trip to the State Fair with Nader. We met up with Mom, Carla and Alexis. Later we met up briefly with the Baiers. I won them some Upper Iowa University band aids. I’m guessing their “Thank You” is in the mail.

At the end of the day Nader thanked me for the best day he has had all year. Quite frankly I wonder why more people don’t thank me for such things.

Alexis’ cheerleading group ran through their routine, but didn’t do any of the actual dangerous stuff.
















Star Boars


This sand sculpture is actually more interesting than the movies.


I love this painting! I want it hanging in my house. Just not for $300 smackers.








Alexis won a medal in a tumbling competition that didn’t look the safest to me.


Nader seemed to think this sculpture was of him.


In one of my favorite buildings Pioneer Hall.




A “Mark Twain” style storyteller.

A few more pictures coming on the morrow.

The submissions for last week’s theme SILENCE:

Dawn Krause


Christopher D. Bennett


Carla Stensland A


Carla Stensland B


Carla Stensland C


Carla Stensland D


Becky Perkovich


Mike Vest

Dawn’s Poetry Submission:

A Thought on Silence

Not every moment needs to be filled
Solid connection we quietly build

No words need expressed
Nothing needs addressed

Content calm fills the air
In it I hear you care

The Random Generator has been kicked on and it has kicked out a tasty theme for this week:

It is a shame that this theme didn’t get generated during the State Fair, but I still think there should be plenty of submissions. After all, everybody eats and almost everybody owns a camera. Or even a camera phone.

More pictures from The Girl in the Blue Skirt Part 2

I’m breaking these pictures up into two groups to try to maximize their appreciation.

The Girl in the Blue Skirt Part 2

Alternates:

More lilies tomorrow.