Southern California Manufacturers Rep Jim Woodward Dies

Jim Woodward, manufacturers’ rep and owner of The Woodward Group, Glendora, Calif., died last week at 73. Woodward, a highly respected rep who represented a number of equipment lines, had an operation for throat cancer Oct. 29. Complications set in and he spent 10 days in the hospital. Eager to go home, he went home with a feeding tube before dying unexpectedly Nov. 12.

No further details were immediately available.