Wayne's Obit in the Las Cruces Sun Times

Robert Wayne Woodruff, M.D., 72, died in his sleep on January 03, 2010 of an apparent heart attack. He was a long-time resident of Las Cruces.

Dr. Woodruff was born to Joseph Duane and Ina Neill Woodruff on September 29, 1937 in Winfield, Kansas and lived the first twenty years of his life in Cedar Vale, Kansas. He attended the University of Kansas where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and was a star pitcher for the Jayhawkers baseball team. He graduated from the University of Kansas School of Medicine and served an Internship in Los Angeles County Harbor General Hospital where he met and married Diana May Scott. Dr. Woodruff served a term as a physician officer in the U.S. Army before bringing his wife and three children to Las Cruces in 1972 to fill the town's need for a urologist. For many years, he was one of only two urologists in the Las Cruces area.

Dr. Woodruff will be lovingly remembered as a skilled physician, a loving husband, and a devoted father to his three children. He and his wife, Diana, had forty-two years of happy marriage, and were dedicated to the Las Cruces community. They were heavy benefactors of NMSU and Kansas University, and were strong supporters of NMSU theater, sports, and music. Dr. Woodruff retired from his medical practice in 2004 to care for Diana, who was stricken with Lou Gherig's disease. Diana passed away in March 2006. In memory of his wife, Dr. Woodruff established an endowed scholarship in her name at her alma mater, the University of Oregon.

Dr. Woodruff is survived by his three children: Debbie Woodruff of Las Cruces; Robert (Bob) and his wife, Marlene and their two children, Robbie and Rachel of Cortland, Ohio; and David (Davy) and his wife, Andrea and their four children, Britten, Emory, Davis and Kingsley of Denver, Colorado. Dr. Woodruff is also survived by his sister, Barbara Johnson, and her husband, Marion, of Scottsdale, AZ.

A memorial service for Dr. Woodruff will be held at University United Methodist Church, 2000 South Locust Street , at 1 p.m. on Saturday, January 16, 2010.