John Arthur “Jack” Woodward

John Arthur “Jack”

Woodward, 71, passed

away on October 19, 2019

at a care facility in

Surprise, Arizona. Jack

was born in Minot, North

Dakota on August 10,

1948 to John and Marion

(Anderson) Woodward,

and graduated from Minot

High School in 1966.

Jack attended Minot

State College (now

University) until he ven-

tured out to see the coun-

try. He worked for a short

time in Chicago at O’Hare

International Airport,

then traveled west. While

in Wyoming he learned to

ski and ride horses, ulti-

mately graduating from

the University of Wyom-

ing at Laramie with a

Bachelor of Science De-

gree in Psychology. He

then worked and skied at

Arapahoe Basin in Colora-do. From there he moved

to Salt Lake City, Utah

and worked as a Bell Cap-

tain at the Lodge at

Snowbird. Jack enjoyed

skiing at Snowbird and

Alta as well as water ski-

ing on Lake Powell in

Utah.

Jack married Diane

Callis on June 15, 1985

and they lived in Sandy,

Utah.

After being a residential

real estate agent for a few

years, Jack chose commer-cial office leasing and

sales. Three decades of

real estate included Eager

& Co, Coldwell Banker,

where he was “Deal Mak-

er of the Year” five times,

Vice President at CBRi-

chard Ellis, Senior Vice

President at NAI West

Utah Commercial Real

Estate Services, World-

wide, where his team

player attitude, integrity,

trust, service and hard

work ethic were recog-

nized. He was Senior Of-

fice Building Specialist at

Newmark Grubb ACRES

and negotiated transac-

tions for a varying range

of clients from Class A of-

fice space users to those

in the high-tech industry.

Jack negotiated sales of of-

fice buildings including

Jordan Gateway Plaza, 257

Tower, HK Tower, Lake-

side Plaza and The Wood-

lands. Jack was voted the

“Commercial Salesman of

the Year” in 1989 by the

Salt Lake Board of Real-

tors and was a Lifetime

Member of the Board’s

“Million Dollar Club.”

Jack and Diane were

very active in equestrian

sports, competing in

Eventing &

Hunter/Jumpers. Jack

competed in the US

Eventing Association on

Kahlua, All the Best,

Mastermind and Sand-

stone, winning numerous

ribbons, including the

Sportsmanship Award in

the Utah Hunter Jumper

Association.

As avid travelers, Jack

and Diane visited Aus-

tralia, Austria, Czech

Republic, England,

France, Germany, Hawaii,

Hungary, Ireland, Italy

and Mexico, making many

friends along the way and

immersing themselves in

the culture of each loca-

tion.

Jack and Diane

remained in Sandy, Utah

until Jack’s diagnosis of

Parkinson’s related Lewy

Bodies Dementia. After

his diagnosis they moved

to Sun City, Arizona to be

closer to Diane’s family.

Jack was very person-

able and will be remem-

bered for his warm smile

and sense of humor. He

had a natural ease with

new acquaintances and

made a point of staying in

touch with his family. He

thoroughly enjoyed ski-

ing, his horses, dogs and

cats, music, dancing and

red wine.

Jack is preceded in

death by his parents, John

and Marion Woodward;

grandparents, John and

Helen (Babbitt) Wood-

ward and Arthur and

Bedah (Borgeson) Ander-

son; brother-in-law, Doug-

las Lockrem; and

father-in-law, Earl Callis.

Jack is survived by his

wife of 34 years, Diane, of

Sun City, Arizona; his

brother, James Wood-

ward, of Englewood,

Colorado; his sisters,

Mary Lockrem, of Minot,

North Dakota and Nancy

(Russell) Parizek, West

Fargo, North Dakota; his

mother-in-law, Marian

Murphy, Sun City, Arizo-

na; his father-in-law, Joe

Murphy, of Sun City, Ar-

izona; his brother-in-law,

Danny Callis, of Sun City,

Arizona; sister/brother-in-

law, Debbie and Mike Ri-

berdy, of Sun City, Ar-

izona; and numerous

nieces, nephews and

cousins.

A Celebration of Life

gathering will be held in

Minot, North Dakota in

June of 2020.