Roxanne Leigh Wood
April 15, 1956-Feb. 20, 1987
The Herald-Palladium (Benton Harbor, Michigan), Monday, February 23, 1987, page 16, col. 5
Niles—The funeral for Mrs. Terry (Roxanne) Wood, 30 of 1524 Tam-O-Shanter, Niles, who was found slain in her home Friday will be held Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church, Niles.
Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call from 20 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at Pifer-Smith Funeral Home, Niles. Memorials may be made to the Special Olympics, South Bend, Ind.
The death is being investigated as a homicide, according to state police at the Niles post. Mrs. Wood reportedly was stabbed to death.
She was born April 15, 1956, in Niles, and was employed in the customer service department of Automated Molded Plastics Co., South Bend.
She was a member of Niles Junior Achievement. Survivors include: her husband; her father, Dale Woods of Niles; her mother, Patricia Chadwell of South Bend; one sister, Janet Woods of Niles; three brothers—Jerry, Bruce and Rick Woods, all of Niles; two half brothers—Brian Avery of South Bend and Brad Woods of Niles; and grandparents—Mr. and Mrs. Werner (Hilda) Airney of Niles and Lou Woods of Niles.