CAMILLA WOODBURY

Our beloved mother and grandmother Camilla Woodbury of Friday Harbor, Washington passed away on Jan. 25, 2012 after a short but brave battle with lung cancer. She was born in Tecumseh, Mich. to Lyle and Dorothy Grigg. She graduated from Tecumseh High School in 1961 and Eastern Michigan University in 1966.Camilla was a strong and feisty woman, a true pioneer with a good heart. She was the only girl “paperboy” in Tecumseh and the only woman in her college calculus class. She drove truck and trailer for Borden Chemical Company, for 24 years. Borden Chemical Company closed and she moved to Friday Harbor near her daughter’s family. In semi retirement she drove a dump truck for Island Concrete and Black Family Enterprises. Since retiring she worked at San Juan Island Library and on the Friends of the Library board.She enjoyed lunch or puzzling at the senior center, playing cards or scrabble at Criminal Coffee, beading or potlucking with PFLAG.One of her greatest joys was her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Every Saturday she could be found knitting on the sidelines of her grandson’s baseball or soccer games.She is survived by her children, Michelle Herko of Friday Harbor and Scott Woodbury of Portland, Ore., and her adopted daughter, Leslie O’Shaughnessy of Bellingham, Wash. Grandchildren Kai and Nick Herko, Jackson and Berkeley Woodbury, Marcus and Jeremiah Asher and great grandchildren Wyatt and Kale Asher. She also leaves brothers Norm and Marvin Grigg and sister Judy McConnell in Michigan.A potluck memorial will be held at the Mullis Senior Center, Feb. 19, 2012 at 3 p.m.In lieu of flowers please donate to the Friends of the Library in Camilla’s name.