Gail Charlene Woodstock

November 8, 1938 - December 22, 2019

Gail Charlene Woodstock, departed this life on December 22, 2019. She was born to Lyle W. Woodstock and Doris F. (Jones) Woodstock, on November 8, 1938. She graduated from Graceland University, and the Independence Missouri, Sanitarium School of Nursing becoming a registered nurse. She obtained a masters degree in design from the University of Missouri at Columbia and completed all but her dissertation towards a doctorate in sociology from MU. She was the winner of the prestigious teaching award from the American Sociological Association. Gail found a ministry and vocation in addiction recovery for a number of years in Phoenix Arizona, later moving back to Independence Missouri to be a companion and health care provider for her mother. She was an elder in the Community of Christ, and a member of the Stone Church congregation in Independence Missouri where she taught Sunday school classes and was a gifted speaker. Gail’s early ministry including teaching campfire leadership throughout the church and local and regional women’s department leadership. She is the author of words and music for two published songs and was a gifted artist who displayed and sold her work in Phooenix and Columbia, Missouri and an interior designer. Ms. Woodstock was author of the compilation, Meditations: from the writings of Arthur Oakman. Gail was single at the time of her death and is survived by her three children, Charles (Chuck) Brady, (Connie) of Booneville, Missouri, Jared Brady, Springfield Missouri, and Sharon Brady, Gainesville, Florida, and two beautiful grandchildren; a brother Charles Woodstock (Marilyn) of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Catherine Striley (Frederick) of Gainesville, Florida.