John Phillip Woodcock, 52, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, March 18, 2020. He was born Oct. 6, 1967, a native of Yorktown.
John was a lifelong Peninsula resident and graduate of Tabb High School. He attended classes at Christopher Newport University and was a graduate of the Newport News Shipbuilding Apprentice School program as a welder. He worked as a welder/fabricator at Applied Electronics in Newport News.
John was preceded in death by his father, Terry Woodcock, and mother, Lisbeth Woodcock, both of Yorktown.
He is survived by his brother, Aaron Woodcock, of Richmond; sister, Meghan Woodcock of Yorktown; and niece, Katherine Guethe of Yorktown; as well as his beloved, Sue Coats of Hampton.
John will be remembered as an outdoorsman and fisherman, a metalsmith artist and sword maker, and for his love of his cats, the telling of a good joke and reading. His sister shared his love of reading authors such as J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Robert Jordan and George R.R. Martin.
A memorial service will be held by the family at a later date.
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