Robert "Bob" Wayne Woodward, 78, of Troy, Illinois passed away peacefully surrounded by his family early in the morning on Sunday, May 4 after being diagnosed with stage 4 esophageal cancer earlier this year. Born October 28, 1946 in Salem, Illinois to Robert and Frances (Budiselich-Milburn) Woodward, he married Jo Layne Duckworth on October 23, 1971 in Centralia, Illinois.