Luella W. Woodley, 93, Luverne, died Monday, Nov. 4, 2002, at Good Samaritan Home in Pipestone.
Services were Wednesday, Nov. 6, at Bethany Lutheran Church in Luverne. The Rev. Paul Fries officiated. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery, Luverne.
Luella Pank was born to Edward and Emma (Hindt) Pank on Dec. 6, 1908, in Lismore. She graduated from Luverne High School in 1928.
She married Ray C. Woodley on Oct. 10, 1929, in Alvord, Iowa. After their marriage, the couple farmed by Magnolia; and later in South Dakota. They began farming north of Luverne in 1945. In 1953, the couple moved to Luverne. She worked at Goehle Hardware, Production Credit, and later, at State Farm Insurance, all in Luverne. The couple moved to Centennial Apartments in Luverne in 1977. She moved to Good Samaritan Home in December 1999.
Mrs. Woodley was a member of Bethany Lutheran Church in Luverne, the RSVP, and Luverne Senior Citizens. She enjoyed knitting and crocheting.
Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Edward and Jeanne Woodley, Luverne; one daughter and son-in-law, Mary Ann and Harold Hustad, Pipestone; 10 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; one brother, Marvin (Charlotte) Pank, Flandreau, S.D.; one brother-in-law, Gordon Tobiason, Magnolia; and two sisters-in-law, Amanda Woodley, Le Mars, Iowa, and Naomi Woodley, Lockport, Ill.
Mrs. Woodley was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Ray, in 1986, an infant daughter, one brother, Fred Pank, and one sister, Lauretta Tobiason.
Dingmann Funeral Home, Luverne, was in charge of arrangements.