in memoriam
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ADAM CARL WOODALL
JULy 17, 1974 - sEPTEMBER 18, 2022
Adam CARL WOODALL WAS BORN ON jULY 17, 1974 IN HILLSBORO, OREGON TO Tamera Marie Huff AND HER BEAU, MARLO Floyd wOODALL. HIS FATHER ENLISTED IN THE MILITARY AND WAS STATIONED IN Japan WHEN HE FOUND OUT ABOUT Tamera WAS PREGNANT. bY THAT TIME, HE WAS ENGAGED TO A LOCAL JAPANESE GIRL. hE CAME BACK TO THE STATES WHEN ADAM WAS BORN AND OFFERED TO MARRY tAMERA, BUT KNOWING ABOUT HIS ENGAGEMENT, SHE SAID NO. IN April OF 1975, SHE MARRIED jOHN WAYNE WILSON.
iN JANUARY OF 1976, aDAM BECAME A BIG BROTHER. hE AND HIS BROTHER Terrence "Teddy" WERE INSEPARABLE. IN THE SPRING OF 1796, JOHN MOVED tHE SMALL TO wITCHITA, kANSAS TO BE CLOSER TO HIS FAMILY. tHE MOVE PROVED HARD FOR tAMERA AND THE BOYS.
oN mAY 1, 1976, mARLO DIED SUDDENLY FROM A BRAIN ANEURYSM WHILE STILL IN JAPAN. hE NEVER MARRIED. AFTER THAT, jOHN'S THREATS AND ABUSE TOWARD tAMERA AND THE BOYS ESCALATED. a MONTH LATER, WITH ONLY THE BOYS AND A FEW CLOTHES, tAMERA FLED AND RETURNED HOME, TO HILLSBORO.
aDAM SPENT MANY DAYS AND WEEKENDS WITH HIS gRANDPA AND GRANDMA wOODALL. aS A TODDLER, HE WAS THE SPITTING IMAGE OF HIS FATHER, MARLO. a LARGE PORTRAIT OF mARLO HUNG ON THE WALL IN HIS GRANDPARENT'S DINING ROOM. ONE DAY HE ASKED HIS GRANDMOTHER WHERE SHE GOT THAT PICTURE OF HIM.
iN 1981, ANOTHER BROTHER, chAD "bUGZ" WAS BORN AND IN 1983, THE FOURTH AND FINAL BROTHER CAME ALONG, wAYLON.
iN 1988, aDAM ATTENDED A PARTY AND MET A GIRL. iN jULY OF THE FOLLOWING YEAR, UNBEKNOWNST TO HIM, HIS SON, mICHAEL, WAS BORN. tHEY WOULDN'T MEET UNTIL 2010.
oN February 20TH, 1993, aDAM MARRIED hEATHER rYAN. tHE TWO TOOK UP RESIDENCE IN hILLSBORO AND WELCOMED THEIR FIRST CHILD, Zachary, LATER THAT SAME YEAR. a DAUGHTER, cHANTEL, WAS ADDED TO THE FAMILY IN 1994. sADLY, aDAM AND hEATHER DIVORCED IN jULY THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
oN aUGUST 10, 1996, AT AN OUTDOOR CEREMONY IN THE WEST HILLS OF Portland, Adam MARRIED Carmel Garza AND BECAME STEPFATHER TO HER THREE CHILDREN, Melissa, Robert (bOBBY), AND Brandon. the COUPLE SEPARATED in 2011 but stayed married.
oN aPRIL 21, 2012, aDAM'S BROTHER tEDDY DIED. tHE LOSS OF HIS BROTHER HIT Adam HARD.
FOR MOST OF HIS LIFE, ADAM STRUGGLED WITH aDDIcTION AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. dESPITE THIS, HE WAS AN INDUSTRIOUS AND HARD WORKER. hE HELD VARIOUS JOBS IN THE CONSTRUCTION TRADE: POURING CONCRETE, FRAMING, AND REMODELING, bUT IT WAS hIS JOB WORKing AS A GROUNDSKEEPER FOR fIR lAWN cEMETERY in Hillsboro THAT HE ENJOYED THE MOST. hE LIKED THE PEOPLE HE WORKED FOR AND WITH, AND THEY UNDERSTOOD HIS STRUGGLES AND ACCEPTED HIM WITH LOVE AND OPEN ARMS.
wITHOUT WARNING, ON THE EVENING OF September 18, 2022, Adam's LIFE WAS TAKEN IN AN ACT OF GUN VIOLENCE.
tHE FINAL ARRANGEMENTS WERE HANDLED BY HIS SON AND DAUGHTER, AND THE EXPENSES WERE COVERED BY his employer. pER HIS WISHES, HIS BODY WAS CREMATED. pART OF HIS ASHES WERE INTERRED WITH HIS BROTHER Ted AT fIR lAWN CEMETERY AND PART WERE PLACED IN THE MAUSOLEUM WITH HIS FATHER, mARLOW AT vALLEY mEMORIAL pARK. Adam was 48 YEARS OLD AND tAKEN TOO SOON.
iN JANUARY OF 1976, aDAM BECAME A BIG BROTHER. hE AND HIS BROTHER Terrence "Teddy" WERE INSEPARABLE. IN THE SPRING OF 1796, JOHN MOVED tHE SMALL TO wITCHITA, kANSAS TO BE CLOSER TO HIS FAMILY. tHE MOVE PROVED HARD FOR tAMERA AND THE BOYS.
oN mAY 1, 1976, mARLO DIED SUDDENLY FROM A BRAIN ANEURYSM WHILE STILL IN JAPAN. hE NEVER MARRIED. AFTER THAT, jOHN'S THREATS AND ABUSE TOWARD tAMERA AND THE BOYS ESCALATED. a MONTH LATER, WITH ONLY THE BOYS AND A FEW CLOTHES, tAMERA FLED AND RETURNED HOME, TO HILLSBORO.
aDAM SPENT MANY DAYS AND WEEKENDS WITH HIS gRANDPA AND GRANDMA wOODALL. aS A TODDLER, HE WAS THE SPITTING IMAGE OF HIS FATHER, MARLO. a LARGE PORTRAIT OF mARLO HUNG ON THE WALL IN HIS GRANDPARENT'S DINING ROOM. ONE DAY HE ASKED HIS GRANDMOTHER WHERE SHE GOT THAT PICTURE OF HIM.
iN 1981, ANOTHER BROTHER, chAD "bUGZ" WAS BORN AND IN 1983, THE FOURTH AND FINAL BROTHER CAME ALONG, wAYLON.
iN 1988, aDAM ATTENDED A PARTY AND MET A GIRL. iN jULY OF THE FOLLOWING YEAR, UNBEKNOWNST TO HIM, HIS SON, mICHAEL, WAS BORN. tHEY WOULDN'T MEET UNTIL 2010.
oN February 20TH, 1993, aDAM MARRIED hEATHER rYAN. tHE TWO TOOK UP RESIDENCE IN hILLSBORO AND WELCOMED THEIR FIRST CHILD, Zachary, LATER THAT SAME YEAR. a DAUGHTER, cHANTEL, WAS ADDED TO THE FAMILY IN 1994. sADLY, aDAM AND hEATHER DIVORCED IN jULY THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
oN aUGUST 10, 1996, AT AN OUTDOOR CEREMONY IN THE WEST HILLS OF Portland, Adam MARRIED Carmel Garza AND BECAME STEPFATHER TO HER THREE CHILDREN, Melissa, Robert (bOBBY), AND Brandon. the COUPLE SEPARATED in 2011 but stayed married.
oN aPRIL 21, 2012, aDAM'S BROTHER tEDDY DIED. tHE LOSS OF HIS BROTHER HIT Adam HARD.
FOR MOST OF HIS LIFE, ADAM STRUGGLED WITH aDDIcTION AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. dESPITE THIS, HE WAS AN INDUSTRIOUS AND HARD WORKER. hE HELD VARIOUS JOBS IN THE CONSTRUCTION TRADE: POURING CONCRETE, FRAMING, AND REMODELING, bUT IT WAS hIS JOB WORKing AS A GROUNDSKEEPER FOR fIR lAWN cEMETERY in Hillsboro THAT HE ENJOYED THE MOST. hE LIKED THE PEOPLE HE WORKED FOR AND WITH, AND THEY UNDERSTOOD HIS STRUGGLES AND ACCEPTED HIM WITH LOVE AND OPEN ARMS.
wITHOUT WARNING, ON THE EVENING OF September 18, 2022, Adam's LIFE WAS TAKEN IN AN ACT OF GUN VIOLENCE.
tHE FINAL ARRANGEMENTS WERE HANDLED BY HIS SON AND DAUGHTER, AND THE EXPENSES WERE COVERED BY his employer. pER HIS WISHES, HIS BODY WAS CREMATED. pART OF HIS ASHES WERE INTERRED WITH HIS BROTHER Ted AT fIR lAWN CEMETERY AND PART WERE PLACED IN THE MAUSOLEUM WITH HIS FATHER, mARLOW AT vALLEY mEMORIAL pARK. Adam was 48 YEARS OLD AND tAKEN TOO SOON.