Thomas A. Woodrow, Pullman resident, passed away Friday, April 16, 2021, at the Pullman Regional Hospital. He was 74.
The family will greet friends 1-3 p.m. Wednesday at Kimball Funeral Home in Pullman. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Pullman City Cemetery. A celebration of life service will be in May in Citrus Heights, Calif.
Thomas was born July 27, 1946, in Ottumwa, Iowa, to Marion and Gladys Woodrow. When he was 5, the family moved to Mississippi. He grew up in a small town there and graduated from Brookhaven High School in Brookhaven, Miss.
He was an ambitious young man and worked various jobs, including at the drive-in theater and at a TV shop. He graduated from Copiah-Lincoln Community College in Wesson, Miss., with an interest in electronics. He met Sandra Ray in his hometown and they married Feb. 18, 1967. Later that year, they made the move to California and settled in the Bay Area. Tom worked for Lockheed Missile and Space for a while and then held various jobs in similar fields.