Shirley Woodruff

1930 - 2018

1930 ~ 2018
Our dear mother, Shirley Woodruff, age 87, passed away Monday, February 19, 2018. She went peacefully in her sleep at the hospital following a bad fall in her assisted-living apartment on the previous Friday. Shirley was born on August 9, 1930, in Salt Lake City. She was the third child of J. Alvin Butler and Edna Standing Butler. After graduating from South High School and attending the University of Utah for a few years, she headed to Southern California for a new adventure. There, she met Rex Marvin Woodruff. They were married on June 5, 1953, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. They soon moved back to Utah and raised seven children. Shirley loved being a mother to a big family. She was an accomplished seamstress. She sewed three wedding dresses, countless dresses, and many quilts and baby blankets. She loved to sing. She was in many choirs including the Oratorio Society of Utah. She loved being a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was so proud of her ancestors and her Pioneer Heritage. She was a member of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers. She spent many hours doing genealogy and compiling her family histories and stories into several books. She served in many callings in the Church. After her kids were grown, she was thrilled to serve (with her husband) full-time missions in California, Palmyra, New York, and Toronto. That was followed by years of Church missionary service on Temple Square.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her brother, Kenneth Butler, and dear husband, Rex, who died last September. She is survived by her sister June VanCott and her seven children, Mark (Jo), Lon (Liliana), Brent (Rebecca), Duane (Angela), Cheryl (Philip Clark), Janette (Scott Peterson), and Richard (Alicia). She is also survived by 29 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. We would like to thank the staff at Legacy House for all the care and attention they gave Shirley, especially in the past few months since Rex died.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday February 24, 2018 at 12:00 noon at Jenkins-Soffe South Valley Funeral Home, 1007 W. South Jordan Parkway (10600 So.). Family and friends can pay their respects on Friday February 23, 2018 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. and on Saturday morning from 11:00 to 11:45 a.m. prior to the services. Interment will be at Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park following the funeral.
Online condolences at www.jenkins-soffe.com