WOODLAND, CA (November 12, 2012) – A memorial service for John Withem, 58, senior pastor of Bayside Woodland Covenant, will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at the Woodland Community Center. He died November 4.
Withem was born September 8, 1954. He married his wife, Nancy, on June 23, 1979. In addition to his wife, Withem is survived by two children, Cristen and Jonathan.
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