Louise Anna Mae Woods, 77, longtime Oak Harbor resident, passed away Nov. 19, 2011 at Careage of Whidbey.

Mrs. Woods was born in Oklahoma City, Okla., on July 14, 1934, to Henry and Helen (Pulte) Strategier. She was raised in Lawton and Norman, Okla. Anna Mae married Gale Woods and they resided in Norman, Bayville, Texas, and California before moving to Oak Harbor, where Gale had been stationed at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station.

Anna Mae was a caregiver for many years. She had been of St. Augustine’s Catholic Church and, more recently, attended the Base Chapel.

Anna Mae loved her family and is survived by five children: Mary Woods of Burlington, Lynette Sweeney of Seattle, Mark Woods of Denver, Marta Tucker of Oak Harbor, and Aleene Woods and Mike Adderley, also of Oak Harbor; 12 grandchildren: Stacey, Christopher and Timothy Miller; Violet and Christine Schultz, Anthony Woods, Adam Tucker, Veronica, Eleanor and Joy Fleming, Tabitha and Serena Adderley; several great-grandchildren; five siblings, Henry R. Strategier and Donald Ray Strategier (Julia), both of Norman, Susan New (Louis) of Eufalia, Okla., Debra Baker of Spring, Texas, and Charles H. Strategier (Carol) of Lawrence, Kan.; also, numerous nieces and nephews, including Rod Woods and son Chad Woods, both of Oak Harbor. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gale Woods, on Sept. 27, 2011, and also by a daughter, Louise Miller and a brother, James Strategier.

Services will be announced at a later date. Interment will take place at Tahoma National Cemetery. Family and friends are encouraged to share memories and condolences at www.whidbeymemorial.com.