In Memoriam 1992-1997/Carole Woodard
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CAROLE WOODARD
1939—1994
GRIEVED PASSING CONSECRATED PIONEER FAITH CAROLE WOODARD. HER LONG YEARS SELFLESS RADIANT SERVICE UNFORGETTABLE. PRAYING PROGRESS HER SOUL IN ABHA KINGDOM. KINDLY CONVEY HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES HER DEAR FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS.
Universal House ofjustice November 7, 1994
Carole W/oodam’
arole Woodard was fifteen years old
when she and her mother, Marjorie Greenway, enrolled as Bahá’ís in 1954.120 At the time of her passing, Carole and her husband Dr. Weldon Woodard had been dedicated pioneers in Venezuela for twentyeight years, having arrived in 1966. Carole was a member of the National Assembly for many years. She served on many national committees, including the National Family Committee, assisting in the preparation and delivery of seminars for Bahá’í and non—Bahá’í groups during the International Year of the Family (1994).
Carole’s work as a traveling teacher was phenomenal and included the establishment of many Local Assemblies in the Barlovento area, Falcén state, and Tuy Valley during Riḍván 1993. She undertook this work while suffering from a worsening heart condition.
Carole also was an assistant to an Auxiliary Board member and a member
”0 Her date of birth is given as October 8, 1939.
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of the Regional Teaching Committee. In her last letter to the National Assembly she suggested that her son 'Ihomas replace her on the committee.
One of Carole’s outstanding qualities was courage. In spite of a lifelong heart condition, she raised a Bahá’í family of servants of Bahá’u’lláh, became a registered nurse, and later a physician working in a clinic for the poor. She made health service trips to Bahá’í communities during her last vacation and had arranged to make a trip to Guyana to serve the Faith in a medical capacity. A week before her planned departure, she was hospitalized and underwent two operations.
Her firmness and steadfastness in the Covenant and her constancy and perseverance were exemplary in the face of illness. She tried to do the “Bahá’í thing" and to be the kind of Bahá’í who lived the Bahá’í life. Carole was a brilliant example of the teachings, an example that left an impression on the lives of Bahá’ís and non—Bahá’ís alike. She was a great mother and marvelous friend. Carole served the Faith constantly, even while ill and in great pain.
At 3:00 AM, Saturday, November 5, 1994, Carole Woodard passed on to the Abhá Kingdom as a result of cancer. Of her immediate family she leaves daughters, Holly, Deborah, and Janet; and sons, Thomas and Daniel; grandchildren, Riaz and Leili; Weldon’s father, Dudley Woodard; and son—in—law, Ehsan Hemmat—all pioneers in Venezuela.
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