MARY LOUISE WOODRUFF
1926 - 2013
Mary Louise (Armenta) Woodruff, born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1926 to Elizabeth (Bessie) and Francisco Armenta. She was the wife of two good and loving men, Manuel Z. Castaneda and James (Woody) Kenneth Woodruff. She was the mother of seven children. She devoted many years to civic organizations such as the Ojai Valley Mexican Fiesta, and various committees of the Ojai City Counsil. She worked with the youth of Ojai in the 60's and 70's with Y.E.S., with young dancers for the Ojai Valley Mexican Fiesta and students in classrooms in Ojai and Santa Paula.
She worked at Ojai Elementary as a teacher's aide for many years then later in Santa Paula. She worked as a switchboard operator at Gray Gables for over 20 years. She was an amazing seamstress and tailor and loved to work in her gardens. She loved music and dancing and traveling.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James Kenneth Woodruff, her parents, four brothers and a granddaughter, She is survived by her brother Robert Aranda, her children John Ruiz wife Donna, Adriana Girard, Colleen Conrad, husband George, Paulette Ritcher, James Woodruff, wife Cordelia, Christine Lewis, husband Russell, Mary R. Woodruff, 18 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. She left this life to join her loved ones that have gone before her.
Funeral Mass Friday June 28th at 11AM in St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Ojai. A Rosary will be held before mass at 10:30AM. Arrangements under the direction of Joseph P. Reardon Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Ventura.