Raymon L. Woodcock Jr.

Webster – Raymon L. Woodcock Jr. age 96, beloved husband of the late Anna P. (Andri) Woodcock, died Friday, August 9, 2024, at Webster Manor.

Raymon was born in Leicester, MA, son of the late Raymon Sr. and Leda C. (Robinson) Woodcock.  He lived in Leicester before moving to Webster.  He was a retired tool and die maker, having worked many years at Burma Tool & Die in Tool in Southbridge. 

Raymon was a United States Navy Veteran, having served in World War II, and was a United States Army Veteran, serving in the Korean War.

Raymon enjoyed playing cribbage and watching sports on TV.  He was an avid outdoorsman and enjoyed hunting and fishing.  Raymon loved spending time with his family.

Raymon is survived by his son, Raymond J. Woodcock and his wife Denise of Grafton; his daughters, Paula Macek and her husband Jack of Webster, Dorothea “Loxie” Johnson and her husband Bob of Auburn, Helen “Ellen”  Nowicki and her husband Tom of Madison Heights, VA, Mary Lopes and her husband Louie of Webster; a daughter-in-law, Jane Woodcock of Webster; a sister, Dorothy Jezierski of Saratoga Springs, NY; eleven grandchildren. Rachel, Laura, Brian, David, Mark, Jeff, Jennifer, Katie, Nicole, Michael and Matthew, and ten great-grandchildren, Carys, Olivia, Leah, Xavier, Xander, Brett, Julia, Myles, Lawrence and Bea; several nieces and nephews.  He was predeceased by a son, George Woodcock of Webster, a brother, John Woodcock of Worcester, a sister, Arlene Haskins of Anguilla, and by his granddaughter, Jennifer Johnson 

A private graveside service, with military honors will be held in Mount Zion Cemetery.  There are no calling hours.  In lieu of flowers, donations in Raymon’s memory can be made to the Webster-Dudley Veterans Counsel, 4 Veterans Way, Webster, MA 01570 or the charity of the donors choice.  Shaw-Majercik Funeral Home, 48 School Street, Webster, has been entrusted with Raymon’s arrangements.   A memorial guestbook is available at www.shaw-majercik.com, where you may post a message of condolence, share a memory and/or light a candle in his memory. 

The life of Raymon Woodcock
  Written By:  Raymon Woodcock

My name is Raymon Woodcock and I was born on March 12, 1928 and I am Swedish and Yankee.  I was raised in Rochdale at 21 Gold Court, the only house on the street.  I had 2 sisters and 1 brother and I stayed out of trouble as a kid.  When I was 12 years old, I started to work for community stores.  There no were adding machines in those days, so I had to write the prices on the paper bags and add the total up.  Wednesdays were the days we took stock of our inventory and then ordered what we needed.

I went to one year of high school and 1 year of trade, where I studied to be a machinist.  At age 17, I enlisted in the Navy.  I was in the Navy reserve for 6 months and then I went back home, where I worked at some local shops.  I then went to Florida for a year and worked at Flamingo Park, which is where the Pittsburg Pirates did their training.  My boss at the park was originally from Charlestown, MA and wanted me to work there another year, but I ended up going back home.  I met my wife in Webster and we got engaged.  After my sister married, she moved to New York.  She told my dad and I that we should go out there to work at General Electric, so we did.  I had a secret job there and could have probably been exonerated from having to be drafted, but I went into the Army when I was called.  Before I left, my wife and I got married, because I wasn’t sure I would be coming home.  I was in the Korean War from 1950-1952 and I was a railroad engineer.  My oldest daughter Paula was born in 1951 and she was over a year old before I finally met her.  My wife and I had five more children: George (died in 2014), Dorothea (we call her Loxie), Ellen, Mary, and my youngest son Raymond (I added the “d” to his name).  We also have 11 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

I worked at Pullam Standard where we made railways cars and we worked on the Boston Subway.  I worked a couple of other places and ended up at Burma Tool & Die in Southbridge, MA.  I retired there in 1993 at age of 65 but they asked me to come back.  I worked 6 hours a day on Mondays and Tuesdays until I was 70 years old and then told them that was enough, because I didn’t know how much time I had left.

Throughout my years, I have enjoyed hunting and fishing, watching sports on TV and listening to Opera music.  My dad and I used to go deer hunting in Stockholm, ME for 26 years and we stayed on the property of Clarence Anderson.  He had 2 cabins on his property and we stayed in one of them.  The last 6 years, we actually stayed in his home and his wife cooked all of our meals.

I am legally blind, I have had open heart surgery, I have Carpal Tunnel and I am hard of hearing.  I am a strong man and I am proud of my accomplishments of myself and my family

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