Dr. Arthur Clifford (Cliff) Woolard |
| Posted 2014-08-31 by mhenderson |
| Today's News-Herald, Lake Havasu City, AZ - Posted: Sunday, August 31, 2014 - Dr. Arthur Clifford “Cliff” Woolard passed away Aug. 20, 2014 in Cottonwood, Ariz. at the impressive age of 100. He was born in Bridgeport, Conn. May 1, 1914 to Arthur Thomas and Sarah Woolard. He attended the Junior College of Connecticut in Bridgeport and the National College of Chiropractic in Chicago. He married his first bride of 42 years Madelon Stamm in San Francisco in 1942. Enlisting in the Navy and participating in the invasion of Tarawa in 1943 as combat corpsman and first class pharmacists mate. He was honorably discharged from the military in 1945, and entered the practice of chiropractic in 1946 in Owatonna, Minn. where he built the practice of Chiropractic Health Service, PA. After Madelon passed in 1984, he retired to Lake Havasu City, at the young age of 70. In 1986 he married Francis Parker Woolard and they lived together in Seattle, Wash. and Lake Havasu City for the next twelve years until her death in 1998. In 1999, he married Alma Heinzel Woolard and they lived in Lake Havasu City for six years until her death in 2005. Traveling extensively in the United States and abroad throughout his lifetime, he toured more than 22 countries. He was commander of the VFW Post in Owatonna, Minn., a member of the Elks for more than 60 years and a member of the Eagles. He served as president of the National College of Chiropractic Alumni Association and a member of the executive committee of the college. He was a charter member of the American Chiropractic Association and the Minnesota Chiropractic Association. He was survived by a son Mark Woolard of Chicago; two daughters, Connie (Gary) Schroht of Baxter, Minn., Sara Ahern of Clarkdale, Ariz.; and three grandchildren, Marnie (Edward) Humeniuk of Rush City, Minn. Cyrus Schroht of Brainerd, Minn. and Ian Shoemaker of Tempe, Ariz.; and two great-grandchildren. |
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