Homer Wooldridge

Homer Glenn Wooldridge, son of the late Con Leondas and Dixie Mae (Ferguson) Wooldridge, was born July 14, 1936, in Douglas County, Missouri, and departed this life on August 12, 2020, in Cox South Medical Center, Springfield, Missouri. He was 84 years and 29 days of age.

Homer grew up in Mountain Grove, Missouri, graduating high school in 1954. He was united in marriage to Ann Clark on May 7, 1954, in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, on his senior skip day. Homer was a retired business owner of An-Home Distributors and L.B. Price Company. He was also a member of the Masonic Lodge and served as Grand Master in 1970 at Western Light lodge #396 in Louisburg, Missouri. Homer served in the United States Army, Company A, 54th battalion engineers from October 15, 1959 to the time he returned home on January 29, 1962. He enjoyed fishing, gardening, spending time with family and friends, and playing the “Pick 3.”

Besides his parents, Homer was preceded in death by one sister, Juanita Louise Wooldridge, and three brothers-in-law, Bill Giles, Gene Clark, and LeRoy Clark.

He is survived by his wife, Ann Wooldridge of Springfield, Missouri, one son, Richard “Rick” Wooldridge and wife, Teresa, of Willard, Missouri, one granddaughter, Stephanie Barber and husband, Brandon, of Republic, Missouri, two grandsons, Richard Wooldridge II of Republic and Eric Wooldridge of Lebanon, Missouri, one great-grandson, Gabriel Barber of Republic, one sister, Carolyn Morris and husband, Dick, of Baldwin, Kansas, one sister-in-law, Evelyn Giles of Springfield, two brothers-in-law, Richard Clark of Buffalo, Missouri, and Murrell Clark of Mountain Grove, numerous nieces, nephews, great-nieces, and great-nephews, and many other relatives and countless friends, customers, and acquaintances.

His presence will be missed greatly by family and friends but we find comfort in knowing he is in Heaven with all those who have gone on before him.