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Tuesday, October 6, 2009
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Melissa Wooden
LITTLE FALLS - Melissa Lynn Wooden, 30-year-old resident of Little Falls, died Friday, Oct. 2, 2009, as the result of an automobile accident in Baxter, Minn. Funeral services for Melissa Lynn Wooden will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. at the Shelley Funeral Chapel in Little Falls with Rev. JoBeth Marshall officiating. Burial will be in the Darling Cemetery. Friends may call Wednesday from 4-7 p.m. and Thursday from 9 a.m. until the service at the Shelley Funeral Chapel in Little Falls.
Melissa Lynn was born Dec. 17, 1978, in Boulder, Colo., to Wendy K. Wooden and Lloyd A. Quist. In 1980, the family moved to Little Falls, Minn., where Melissa attended North Star Academy through third grade. She then attended S.G. Knight Elementary School in Randall, Minn., for fourth grade. And Washington Middle School in Brainerd, Minn., fifth-seventh grades. She completed ninth grade in Little Falls and finished school at Minnesota State Academy graduating in 1997. Melissa moved to Washington, D.C., where she attended Gallaudet University, graduating in 2002 with a B.A. degree in studio art, minoring in art history and graphic design. She returned to Little Falls and was a freelance designer. Melissa was offered an interim instructor job at Central Lakes College in Brainerd teaching American Sign Language for one semester. She then taught ASL at Brainerd High School and attended St. Cloud State University. She graduated from St. Cloud State University in May 2008 with a B.S. degree in art education, which enabled her to continue to teach at Brainerd High School. She was an extremely talented, respected and dedicated teacher whose influence on her students will last their lifetime. Melissa was an activist for the deaf community and was a member of the National Association for the Deaf. She had a passion for art, especially painting, dance and anything to do with visual arts.
She enjoyed camping, campfires, traveling, Coach purses, watching movies and wolves. Purple was her favorite color and she loved butterflies (because they are deaf). Melissa was in love and was going to be married next June to the love of her life, Jim. Next to Jim, her two sisters were very important in her life, but for that matter, so were her whole family, friends and students.
Melissa is survived by her fiance, Jim Kleinschmidt, of Little Falls, Minn.; mother, Wendy Anderson and husband Ron Woolery, of St. Paul Park, Minn.; sisters, Amanda Wooden, of Little Falls, Minn., and Tiffany (Paul) Okroi-Hendrix , of Lone Tree, Colo.; stepbrothers, Joshua Woolery, of Lakewood, Colo., and Airman First Class Matthew (Sara) Woolery, of Dubai; grandmother, Fern Anderson, of Lakewood, Colo.; grandfather, Ron Wooden and companion, Shirley Molde, of Little Falls, Minn.; great-grandmother, Ruby Anderson, of Little Falls, Minn.; father, Lloyd Quist, of Colorado; uncles, Guy (Geneive) Wooden and family, of Wheatridge, Colo., and Randy Anderson, of Golden, Colo.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to the family.
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