"To the Family: My Husband and I would like to express our deepest sympathy for your loss. It is so difficult to lose someone we love. What helped me when I lost my dear father and brother was reflecting on God's word. God did not intend for us to deal with the pain of loosing our loved ones. Job understood this when he wrote, "For there exists hope for even a tree. If it gets cut down, it will even sprout again. And its own twig will not cease to be." (Job 14:7) If God feels this way about a tree, how much more so does He feel about our loved ones. Therefore, He has made a provision for them. Jesus said at John 5:28, 29 " Do not marvel at this, because the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice and come out..." During this time, we have the hope of seeing our loved ones again. God's word has brought us comfort during difficult times and we sincerely hope this note will bring a measure of comfort and hope to your family."
In loving memory of
Richard H. Woodhouse
November 27, 1937 - March 4, 2008
Richard H. Woodhouse WILTON, Iowa - Richard H. Woodhouse, 70, of Wilton, died Tuesday, March 4, 2008, at University Hospitals in Iowa City, IA. Funeral Service will be 10:30 a.m. on Friday, March 7, 2008, First Presbyterian Church, Wilton. The Rev. Kenneth Harden will officiate. Musical selections will be provided by organist Deb Mohr and vocalists Cindy Smith and Henry Bentley. Casketbearers will be Josh Carpenter, John Carpenter, Rick Pahl, Sam Pahl,Ward Winekauf Jr. and Dustin Hering. Honorary casket bearers will be Willie Barnum, Matt Barnum and Ethan Woodhouse. Interment will be at the Melpine Cemetery, Muscatine. Visitation will be 4 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 6, 2008, Bentley Funeral Home, Wilton. Additional visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. A memorial has been established in his memory. Mr. Woodhouse was born November 27, 1937, the son of Harold and Dorothy Richards Woodhouse in Iowa City. He married Amy E. McClean on March 30, 1958, in Wilton. He graduated from Wilton High School in 1957. He farmed in Cedar and Muscatine counties. He also was a self employed over-the-road truck-driver. He was a member of Cedar County Farm Bureau and Teamsters Union Local No. 371. His family and farming were his passions. He is survived and lovingly remembered by his wife, Amy of Wilton; his daughters, Beth Pahl of Wilton, Mary Carpenter and husband, Mel of Wilton, Inez Regennitter and husband, Roger of Tipton; a son, Randy Woodhouse and wife, Calene of Durant; 17 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren and a brother, Joe Woodhouse and wife, Deb of Dike. He was preceded in death by his parents; his daughters, Lori Woodhouse and Lisa Hering and his sons, Richard and Russell Woodhouse.