Toms River - Jean Grace Woodyard (nee Grant), 95, passed away peacefully at home on May 4, 2021. Jean was born on March 18, 1926 in her childhood home in Toms River, NJ. After graduating from Toms River HS in 1943 she moved to Newark with her sister and worked for American Can Company. She met her husband, Jack Woodyard, and they settled in New Providence, NJ where they raised their two children.
She worked as the store manager for FAO Schwarz in Short Hills, NJ for many years and then as a floor manager in the New York City store. She later worked as a dental office manager until retirement at which time she moved back to Toms River.
She is predeceased by her parents, Lena (Mitchell) Grant and Philip S. Grant, Sr.; her brothers, Robert, Richard, Paul, Gilbert and Philip, Jr. and her sisters, Josephine Hudler and Dorothy Volante. She is survived by her son John Woodyard and wife Patricia; daughter Joanne Attanasio and husband Patsy; grandchildren Lauren Cobane and husband Tom, Daniel Attanasio, Kaitlin Beachy and husband Tyler; as well as two great-grandchildren, TJ and Leo.
Arrangements will be handled by Anderson Campbell Funeral Home. A graveside service will be held on Saturday, June 12, 2021 at 11:30 a.m. at Riverside Cemetery in Toms River. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her name to the Alzheimer's Association at www.alz.org.
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