Olivemae Woodworth

November 30, 1931 - March 4, 2018

Olivemae Woodworth, 86, formerly of Rochester, passed away Sunday, March 4, 2018, in the Wesbury Facility, Meadville, Pa. Born November 30, 1931, in Rochester, a daughter of the late Simon S. and Mary Wallace Herdt, she was a retired elementary schoolteacher in the Baden Area School District. She was a member of the New Brighton Church of the Nazarene, where she formerly taught Sunday School and was a member of the church council. A graduate of Rochester High School, she received her B.S. degree in Education from Geneva College and also had her master’s degree. She was a member of the Naomi Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star. She was preceded in death by her husband, David E. Woodworth, in 2006; a sister, Estherjean Speakman; a brother and sister-in-law, Simon and Mary Lee Herdt, and a brother-in-law, Robert Flinner. Surviving are a sister, Mary Alice Flinner, Rochester Twp., and several nieces and nephews, Charles Herdt and his wife Sue, Beaver Falls; David Flinner and his wife Debbie, New Brighton; Rev. Harry R. Speakman and his wife Rev. Susan Speakman, Scottdale, Pa.; Jane Atkins, and Judy Kalbaugh and her husband Kevin, all of Aiken, S.C., and Rev. Alice Jean Parker and her husband Rev. David Parker, Franklin, Pa. Friends will be received Friday from 4 to 8 p.m. in the WILLIAM MURPHY FUNERAL HOME INC., 349 Adams St., Rochester. Friends are requested to meet Saturday at the New Brighton Church of the Nazarene for services at 11 a.m. Her pastor, Rev. Donald MacNeil, will officiate. Interment will be in Sylvania Hills Memorial Park. The family wishes memorial contributions be made, if desired, to the New Brighton Church of the Nazarene, 423 Penn Ave., New Brighton, PA 15066, or Hollow Rock Camp, 179 Skyline Drive, Lancaster, OH 43130.