A wake will be held from 1 PM to 5 PM on Saturday, June 2, 2018 at Blount & Curry Funeral Home on Bearss Ave in Tampa, Florida. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 PM during the wake on June 2, 2018. Burial will follow at a later date in New York.
Lydia was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. She married Stanley James Woodcheke Jr (Woody) in 1950 and moved to Hicksville, Long Island, NY. Together they raised a family of six boys and two girls and were active in the Boy Scouts and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Hicksville. They retired to Hudson, Florida in 1993. Following Woody’s passing in 2007 Lydia relocated to Tampa to be close to family.
Lydia is survived by seven of her eight children: five sons, Michael and his wife Denise, Stephen and his wife Helen, Christopher and his wife Malu, Robert and his wife Carolyn, Peter and his wife Sunita, and two daughters, Constance and Katherine; nine grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; many nieces and nephews, and extended family.
Memorial donations may be made to LifePath Hospice of Tampa, 3010 West Azeele St, Tampa, Florida 33609.
The family of Lydia wishes to extend their sincere thanks to LifePath Hospice of Tampa and the staff of The Bristol at Tampa Rehabilitation & Nursing Center.
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