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CROWN POINT — Friends and family gathered Monday afternoon to honor Bruce Woods, a beloved Lake County historian and educator. 
Rev. Mark Wilkins, senior pastor at First United Methodist Church of Crown Point, said those gathered at Burns Funeral Home — in person or via Facebook Live — were there to honor Woods greatness. 
It is sadly trite to begin a funeral service by saying that we come to remember a great man, Wilkins said.  The reason I say sadly is because greatness has become somewhat of a demeaning term in our modern culture. We attribute greatness to anyone from our greatest heroes all the way down to somebody whose chief skill is hitting 3-pointers in overtime.   ....

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