Nell S. "Dottie" Woods

1922 - 2016

Nell S. "Dottie" Woods
4/11/1922-3/22/2016


Just three weeks shy of her 94th birthday, Dottie Woods slipped away at her Granite Bay home on March 22, 2016. She now can finally join her parents and sisters in eternal love and companionship.
NELL SHIPMAN WOODS was born April 11, 1922, in Red Wing Minnesota, to Walter F. Woods and Laura C. Woods Scott. She and her three sisters moved out to California in the late 1940's, living for a time in Sacramento before settling in Menlo Park. There she worked for Pacific Bell for over 30 years, retiring in l982 to care for her ailing mother. Dottie never married. In 1991 she and other relatives moved to Reno Nevada, then they all moved again to Granite Bay in 2002. Dottie's greatest happiness came from living close to her family in the Greyhawk community, where she used to walk around the block almost daily, even into her 90's.
Nell Woods was predeceased by her sisters Julia Laub, Marguerite Bingham and Marilyn Woods, and beloved brother-in-law, Rodman Bingham. She is survived by her niece, Patrice Bingham Offenhauser, of Granite Bay and grand-nephew, Joseph Offenhauser, of Sacramento.
Special thanks are extended to the family's long-time gerontologist, Debra Genovia, and to Dottie's devoted caregivers, Kay Drake, Louise Romero, Natha Yabaki and Audrey Chavez. Sutter Roseville Hospice provided incredible support. Without all their compassionate care, Dottie could not have stayed, and passed away, in the home she loved so much.
There will be no services. Nell Woods will be interred alongside her family at Alta Mesa Cemetery in Palo Alto. Memorial contributions may be made to the Roseville SPCA, from whom Dottie adopted her cherished feline companion, "Callie."