PORT ISABEL, Texas – Roy Kreider Woods II was born Feb. 6, 1936, in Sterling. He died Thursday, March 14, 2013, at his home in Port Isabel.

His parents were R. Kreider Woods and Dorothy (Heiss) Woods. He graduated from Sterling High School in 1953. He attended the University of Illinois, and was a member of Kappa Sigma Fraternity.

He served for 4 years with Navy Air, flying and traveling for the Navy. He worked at Northwestern Steel and Wire Co. for more than 30 years as an industrial engineer, and was one of the creators of the computer department. He retired in 1992 as a systems analyst.