{"id":73186,"date":"2025-04-10T20:00:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T00:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=73186"},"modified":"2025-04-10T20:00:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T00:00:04","slug":"woods-douglas-howard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/10\/woods-douglas-howard\/","title":{"rendered":"WOODS, Douglas Howard"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"moz-text-html\" lang=\"x-unicode\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"gmail-Arial\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/dwoods.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-73187\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/dwoods-276x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"276\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/dwoods-276x300.jpg 276w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/dwoods.jpg 324w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/><\/a>At the age of 85 years, of Wawa, Ontario, passed away on April 9th, 2025, at Lady Dunn Health Centre with his family by his side. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-Arial\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-Arial\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Born on January 8, 1940, in Sudbury, Ontario to Stanley and Fannie Woods. Doug is survived by his wife, Elizabeth, his sons, Stephen, Mark (Tonya Sadler), Tim and his grandchildren, Jordan (deceased), Cassidy (Donny Thibault), Ashley, Carissa and Derek who lovingly referred to him as Papa. Doug loved his 4 siblings, the late Kathleen (Bill), the late Morley, Peter (Dorothy), and Barry (Joan). He will also be missed by his many nieces and nephews.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-Arial\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-Arial\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Doug was a true Wawaonian. He was an active and cherished member of the Wawa community, dedicating much of his life to its betterment. Doug volunteered countless hours, leaving a lasting impact through his service. He proudly served as the Reeve of Wawa, a town councillor and as president of the Wawa Minor Hockey Association, alongside many other community associations. His commitment and leadership will be fondly remembered by all who knew him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-Arial\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-Arial\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Cremation has taken place at River\u2019s Edge Cremation Centre, Sault Ste. Marie. A celebration of his life will be held at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #429 on Monday April 14, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. with Mrs. Beverly Boyd officiating. A time of refreshments and fellowship will follow. For those who cannot attend in person, the service will be livestreamed. Please register at: <a href=\"https:\/\/event.forgetmenotceremonies.com\/ceremony?c=54117830-fb54-40f0-860e-129425c8255a\">https:\/\/event.forgetmenotceremonies.com\/ceremony?c=54117830-fb54-40f0-860e-129425c8255a<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-Arial\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-Arial\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Memorial donations made to the Lady Dunn Health Centre Foundation would be appreciated by <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">the family.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-Arial\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-Arial\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">The family would like to thank the Lady Dunn Hospital doctors, nurses, and staff for their <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">outstanding care.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-Arial\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-Arial\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Arrangements entrusted to Kerry Funeral Home. Wawa<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the age of 85 years, of Wawa, Ontario, passed away on April 9th, 2025, at Lady Dunn Health Centre with his family by his side. \u00a0 Born on January 8, 1940, in Sudbury, Ontario to Stanley and Fannie Woods. Doug is survived by his wife, Elizabeth, his sons, Stephen, Mark (Tonya Sadler), Tim and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":73187,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,2663],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-obits"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-17 05:17:21","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73186"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73188,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73186\/revisions\/73188"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}