James Richard Woodworth
James (Jim) Woodworth, born on August 8, 1933 to Mary Helen and Richard Alton Woodworth in Illinois. He migrated with his parents to California when he was a toddler moving to the San Fernando Valley.
A graduate of Tarzana High School he married Virginia (Sue) Brown on September 2, 1955. Starting off a marriage at a young age with little means Jim migrated to technical jobs climbing the corporate ladder ending up focusing his career in aircraft maintenance becoming a highly respected executive in the field. Retiring in 1995 and moving to Big River, CA on the Colorado River, Jim spent 19 of his retirement years enjoying working on old cars and traveling with his wife.
Moving to Temecula in 2011 so he could be closer to his family during his sunset years Jim and Sue settled into their forever home. In 2014 Jim lost his beloved wife of 59 years, Sue. He enjoyed visits from family and his Thursday night bible study. Jim had a very full and happy life. He was a great son, husband, and father. He touched many lives especially those young men who needed fatherly direction. He will be missed by all.
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I first met Jim in 1980 when hired at Industrial Measurements & Controls in San Dimas. Jim was, I believe, Operations Manager, at the time. I enjoyed working with Sue there also. When IM&C was about to go under and was sold to ACL-FILCO in Santa Ana, Jim and I shared a Sales & Customer Service office and tried to keep the sales of spare parts going for the IM&C equipment and Jim was trying to teach the ACL folks how to build the more sophisticated IM&C equipment. Since we both lived in San Dimas, we shared the misery of the long drive to Santa Ana every day. I also had the pleasure of working with Jim’s son, John, for a few years at ACL. After a few months, I left ACL briefly but Jim got ACL management to get me back as Customer Service Mgr. I went on to do outside military marketing and Jim rose to be the Vice President before he retired in 1995. Jim was a mentor to me (and others) in so many ways and helped me so much in my career at ACL and then AAI-ACL Technologies. Having lost my husband of almost 54 years in 2013, I understood the great loss he felt when the love of his life passed in 2014. Sharing the same political views, we communicated regularly via email. When I hear his name, I immediately picture him with his handlebar mustache (of which all the men were jealous) and riding in his orange Chevy Cherokee pick-up truck. Thank you Jim, and rest in peace, my friend. I will miss you. Judy Gamble – IM&C, ACL Technologies, AAI-ACL.