from: MyValleyTributes staff
Posted: 07/31/2021 / 3:08 PM EDT
Updated: 7/31/2021 / 3:08 PM EDT
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (MyValleyTributes) – Bernice O. Kueppers Woods, 95, passed away peacefully at her home Thursday afternoon, July 29, 2021.
She was born on March 31, 1926 in Struthers, the daughter of the late Harold and Pearl Ross McLaughlin.
Bernice was a graduate of Struthers High School and a lifelong member of Brownlee Woods United Presbyterian Church.
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She loved going to bingo with her daughter Jean Marie and camping with her husband Earl.
Her first husband, Robert E. Kueppers, whom she married on April 11, 1947, died on June 30, 1974; her second husband, Earl G. Woods, whom she married on January 17, 1975, died on June 24, 1987.
To preserve her memory, she goes to see her son Edward E. (Patti) Kueppers from Austintown; Daughter, Jean Marie (fiancé Mike Tavolario) Lewis von Struthers; Grandson, Dr. Dan (Kim) Lewis from Charlotte, North Carolina, Brian Lewis from Austintown, Bob Kueppers from Xenia, Ohio and Susan (Chris) Helt from Chicago and seven great-grandchildren.
Along with her parents and husbands, Bernice is preceded in death by the sisters Florence Walsh, Myrtle Cunning, Eleanor Akers, Geraldine Earwood, Lena King, Stella Kyle, Annabell Stellar and Violet Lawrence.
In memory of Bernice, material obeisances may be paid to the Hospice of the Valley, 5190 Market Street, Boardman, OH 44512.
It was Bernice’s wish that there be no office hours or funeral services.
The arrangements were entrusted to the Edward J. Fox & Sons funeral home, 4700 Market Street, Boardman, Ohio. Bernice’s family and friends are allowed to visit www.foxfuneralhome.org to offer condolences to the family.
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A TV Tribute will air Monday, August 2 at the following approximate times: 6:43 am on WYTV, 9:32 am on WKBN, 10:58 am on FOX, and 8:12 pm on MyYTV.
