Mary Anne you are in our hearts and minds, and will not forget.. till we meet up🙏🏻❤️

We remember life with you and your smile. Donna reminded Bobbie, Linda, Julia and I this morning of your birthday…🎈

Love and miss you!
Barb Althoff 

I met Mary Ann when she was temporarily assigned to do some work for Mobil in Stavanger, Norway, and I was permanently assigned there as a lawyer for Mobil. It was so refreshing to meet up with an American there who was so nice. We had some dinners there and when she was back in the States and I was back for the Christmas holidays, I visited her in Dallas and we went to a Bowl football game there. I don’t remember ever being so cold even though I lived In Fairbanks, Alaska before Norway. 

Mary Ann was so nice, so sweet- and her passing is such a loss. 

I just learned from our neighbor namesake Mary Anne Rock that Mary Anne had passed away recently. I worked with Mary Anne at Mobil where she was always so helpful with HR questions. Since we lived close together around the All Saints Catholic Church building we had a period during the oil embargo of shared riding in a Mobil sponsored van and I got to know her a bit better outside the office atmosphere. She was a kind and capable person and I will always think fondly of her.

Mary Anne and I were first cousins on our mothers' sides of our families (a part of the Filburn family of Louisville).  My family's visits to Little Rock to see Aunt Tince (a nickname for Martina), Uncle Gene and Mary Anne  were some of our best vacations.  After all, Mary Anne had a pony named Brownie out the back door there on Goshen Road.  The Woods' trips to Louisville made some Fourth of July family reunions and Thanksgivings extra special.  Mary Anne and I did not spend much time together at all as adults, but whenever we reconnected, it was the same--we were family.  I was a pall bearer at Aunt Tince's funeral in Little Rock, and Mary Anne attended my son's wedding in Lexington, Kentucky.  Mary was a very kind and caring woman who fashioned a full and accomplished life for herself, and she was a faith filled Catholic who never took herself too seriously.  Rest in peace, good and faithful servant.  All the Filburn cousins will miss, remember and celebrate your time among us.  David Winkler

I met Mary Anne through my mother, Mary Marchand. My mom invited Mary Anne to join our family for Easter, Thanksgiving and at Christmas celebrations over the years. Mary Anne would always bring her special Jello dessert and enjoyed watching all the kids open their baskets or Christmas gifts. 

I have one memory I wanted to share. My sister made each family a basket full of “Texas snow balls” she made of yarn so we could enjoy snow ball fights. Watching Mary Anne laugh and smile as she dodged  the snowballs aimed her way makes me smile still. I believe I even saw her toss a few at us. She will be missed. 

Mary Anne and I were first cousins and being only children, she and I were the only ones left on my mother's side of the family.  I remember how she loved outdoor activities -- hunting with her dad and grandpa, riding her pony and playing with their dogs.  I don't remember her ever playing with dolls, although she had a shelf of them.  I remember her learning to dive.  She would do the same dive over and over and over until she was satisfied with it. She made straight A's in school.  She was very athletic: an excellent roller skater and bowler (several 300 games)! I'm sorry we lived so far apart.  I think we would have gotten along a lot better as adults than we did as kids.  I do remember us laughing at some of the ditzy things our moms did.  They were great friends. Even though we did live so far apart, I'll miss her.

I met Mary Anne at All Saints.   She  implemented the    Safe Environment Program at All Saints to help ensure the safety of minors and vulnerable adults..   She was a Eucharistic Minister, and member of the Golden Saints.
Mary Anne was a wonderful lady and I am blessed to have known  her.  She soon became my right hand counter on  Monday Mornings at church.   She was responsible for the Loose Cash and the Miscellaneous income.     I talked her into joining the Dallas Vocation Guild and she really enjoyed attending.  The year after I was president,  I asked her to  be president the next year.   She accepted and did a great job.
 She enjoyed golf as well as  her yearly ski trips .
My family welcomed  her at our Easter and Christmas gatherings and a few times for the 4th of July.   She enjoyed watching my granddaughters  grow over the years.  May she rest in Peace,  she will be missed.

I met Mary Ann Wood and got to know her one day after mass in the Fellowship Hall at All Saints.  She was a really caring woman and someone who took her position very seriously as the Safe Environment coordinator at the church.  She will be missed.

Mary Anne was a classmate at Mt. St. Mary.  She was a lovely person who will be remembered for her kindness and grace by everyone who knew her. 
Rest In Peace, Mary Anne. We will miss you. 
Mary Martin Bentley
Austin, Texas
MSM Class of 1962


OBITUARY

Mary Anne Woods

January 30, 1944 – July 7, 2019

Ted Dickey West Funeral Home

Show your support

Add a Memory

Share Obituary

Get Reminders

Past Services

Mass of the Resurrection

Family will have a Private Committal Service at Calvary Cemetery in Little Rock, Arkansas