{"id":7433,"date":"2025-01-20T11:19:56","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T16:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/?p=7433"},"modified":"2025-01-26T08:43:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-26T13:43:05","slug":"roy-l-woodworth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/?p=7433","title":{"rendered":"Roy L. Woodworth"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Canisteo, New York<\/p>\n

Roy L. Woodworth \u2013 68 \u2013 of 5425 State Route 36, Canisteo, NY, died unexpectedly after a brief illness, peacefully in his sleep, Sunday morning (January 19, 2025) in the home with his family.<\/p>\n

Born in Elizabeth City, NC on February 20, 1956, he was the son of Herman & Margie (Fipps) Woodworth and the stepson of Muriel Woodworth.<\/p>\n

Roy was a resident of the Hornell-Canisteo area for most of his life and attended school in Hornell.\u00a0 He later became a certified electrician through the BOCES Program.<\/p>\n

A full-time resident of Canisteo for the past 22 years, Roy was a \u201cJack-Of-All-Trades\u201d and was a self-employed handyman with skills as an electrician, carpenter & mechanic, working throughout the Hornell-Canisteo area.<\/p>\n

A true outdoorsman, Roy enjoyed camping & fishing.\u00a0 He had a deep affection for all animals and a huge passion for wolves.\u00a0 He actually once owned a wolf-husky mix.<\/p>\n

Roy was a caring, selfless man who enjoyed being surrounded by family & friends.\u00a0 He enjoyed \u201cHolding Court\u201d every morning while having coffee with his friends at Billy Schu\u2019s Restaurant.\u00a0 His happiest moments, however, were those spent celebrating family, especially his grandchildren.<\/p>\n

In addition to his parents & step-mother, Roy was preceded in death by his daughter, Rene Acor-Rice; his brother, Benjamin \u201cBenny\u201d Woodworth; his brother-in-law, Kenny Smith; and his sister-in-law, Terri Woodworth.<\/p>\n

Surviving are his children, Greg (Bambi) Acor of Melbourne, FL, Christopher (Jesseca) Acor of Canisteo, Lorena Dudley of Hornell and Roy Woodworth Jr. of Florida; 2 brothers, Luther \u201cEugene\u201d Woodworth of Wichita Falls, TX and Herman (Jeanne Baruth) Woodworth of Myrtle Beach, SC; 3 sisters, Gracie Mae Woodworth Norris Young of Nakina, NC, Annie Pearl Woodworth of Whiteville, NC and Paula Smith of Canisteo; 18 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; many nieces, nephews & cousins.<\/p>\n

At Roy\u2019s request there will be no calling hours.\u00a0 A Memorial Service will be held Monday, January 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM at the Canisteo Wesleyan Church.<\/p>\n

Funeral arrangements are in care of the Dagon Funeral Home, 38 Church St., Hornell, NY.<\/p>\n

Roy\u2019s family request that in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in his name be made to the Hornell Humane Society, 7649 Industrial Park Road, Hornell, NY 14843.<\/p>\n

To leave an online condolence or share a memory, visit www.dagonfuneralhome.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Canisteo, New York Roy L. Woodworth \u2013 68 \u2013 of 5425 State Route 36, Canisteo, NY, died unexpectedly after a brief illness, peacefully in his sleep, Sunday morning (January 19, 2025) in the home with his family. Born in Elizabeth City, NC on February 20, 1956, he was the son of Herman & Margie (Fipps) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7433"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7444,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7433\/revisions\/7444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}