Mrs. Pattie P. Woodbury

She was the widow of Brig. Gen. Harry G. Woodbury Jr. (USA Ret) who died in 1997. She is survived by her beloved Kenneth Robert Bunten, Jr. and a sister in-law Carolyn Woodbury of Peterborough NH. She also leaves two sons, Harry F. Woodbury of Humboldt Tenn.; George A. Woodbury of Lillington, NC; and three daughters, Martha W. Cruciani of Warwick, RI; Barbara L. Woodbury of Chicago IL; Carolyn E. Woodbury of Milldale, Conn; 9 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.

Born in 1921 at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas, the daughter of the late Gen. and Mrs. Joseph V. Phelps, she lived at 7 duty stations with her parents until 1940: and, subsequently, at many others with her husband who was with the Army Corps of Engineers. Retiring from the Army in 1968, they lived in Chappaqua, NY. While he was Vice-president of Environmental Affairs with Consolidated Edison in New York City. In 1974 they retired to Little Compton, RI.

She was a graduate of National Park Jr. College in Forest Glen, Md. During her lifetime she served as a Red Cross Nurse’s Aide and Staff Aide, volunteering at hospitals and schools wherever she lived. She was one of the founders and a volunteer at the Mt. Kisco, NY Day Care Center. She was active in various Episcopal Church Altar Guilds for over 50 years. In Little Compton she was a Jr. Warden for 6 years at St. Andrew’s by-sea. From 1975 until 1986 she accompanied her husband, a volunteer with International Executive Service Corps. His projects were in Liberia, Chile, Indonesia, Egypt, the Bahamas and Dominican Republic.

Services will be held at St Andrews by-the-Sea, 182 Willow Avenue, Little Compton, RI on Saturday, October 17, 2015 at 4:30pm and a private burial will take place in Francestown, NH. Memorial contributions in her honor may be made to St. Andrews by-the-Sea PO Box 491, Little Compton, RI 02837 or to Save the Children, 52 Wilton Rd, Westport, CT 06880.