 Woodruff akapedza zuva rokuberekwa kwake rechi 70 achishanda mutemberi muna 1877. Vakadzi vane zana namakumi mashanu navana vaibva kuSt. George vakaita mirayiro yetembere nenzira yomuzvarirwo nokuda kwavakadzi vakanga vambosimbiswa kuna Woodruff nenzira yomuzvarirwo uye avo vakanga vane ukama naye, Thompson, kana kuti mhuri dzaHart. Makore maviri pamberi pezvi, muna 1875, Woodruff akabhapatidzira vakafa nokuda kwehama dzake 141 muEndowment House, uye nokuda kwevamwe vanopfuura 900 mugore iroro. Woodruff akagamuchira mwanasikana waBrigham Young Eudora somudzimai muzvizhinji muna 1877; mubatanidzwa wavo wakabereka mwanakomana akafa nokukurumidza pashure pokuberekwa. Eudora akarambana naWoodruff, zvimwe muna 1879. Woodruff, Phebe, nevana vavo vapenyu kunze kwaSusan vakasangana ndokuita basa rakawanda retemberi, uye panguva ino Woodruff akatora hama dzakasiyana siyana kwaari mutemberi. Akasimbisawo vakadzi vashanu vasina kuroorwa kumwanakomana wake Brigham akanga achangobva kufa. Akabhapatidzwa akamiririra vasayini veU.S. Declaration of Independenceuye vamwe vanaBaba Vakatanga Nyika. Iye akataura muhurukuro yaSeptember 16, 1877, kuti akanga ashanyirwa nemidzimu yakaenda yavarume ivava. Ruzhinji rworubhapatidzo rwomumiririri rwavanaBaba Vakatanga rwakanga rwamboitwa kare muNauvoo uye muImba yeZvipo muSalt Lake City asi zvipo zvomumiririri zvavarume ava zvakatanga kuitwa muSt. George Temple. Woodruff akaunganidzawo mazita evarume nevakadzi vakakurumbira, avo vaakaitira basa repatemberi achibatsirwa naLucy Bigelow Young. 