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William Clair Woods

Male 1926 - 1990  (63 years)


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  • Name William Clair Woods 
    Birth 25 Jun 1926  Sundance, Crook, WY Find all individuals with events at this location
    Gender Male 
    Census 19 Apr 1930  Raven Creek, Weston, WY Find all individuals with events at this location ; age 3, born WY, living with parents
    Census 18 Apr 1940  Newcastle, Weston, WY Find all individuals with events at this location ; age 13, born WY, living with parents
    Death 1990  Sundance, Crook, WY Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial   Moorcroft Cemetery, Moorcroft, WY Find all individuals with events at this location
    Person ID I19103  Family Tree
    Last Modified 18 Nov 2017 

    Father AncestorsLester Valentine Woods,   b. 7 Apr 1881, Clarke Co, IA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Dec 1941, Newcastle, Weston, WY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Mother AncestorsVesta Gertrude Roach,   b. 6 Jan 1884, Springfield, Sangamon, IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 May 1976, Brownsville, Cameron, TX Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years) 
    Marriage 22 Oct 1908  Lead, Lawrence, SD Find all individuals with events at this location
    Notes 
    • from "South Dakota, Marriages, 1905-2016" (ancestry.com)
      On 22 Oct Oct 1908 in Lead, Lawrence, SD, L.V. Woods, 27, residing Scenic, Penn, SD, married Vesta G Roach, 24, residing Scenic, Penn, SD. 1st marriage for both.
    Family ID F7055  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • from newspaper obituary (posted by Cheryl Chatfield Thompson on findagrave.com)
      Services for William C. "Bud" Woods, 64, Sundance, will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Crook County Nursing Home Chapel in Sundance with David Dick officiating. Woods died Tuesday evening at Crook County Memorial Hospital in Sundance after a long illness. Burial will be in the Moorcroft Cem. under direction of the Fidler-Roberts Northeastern Wyoming Funeral Chapel of Sundance. A memorial has been established for the Crook County Nursing Home. He was born June 25, 1926, in Sundance to Lester and Vesta (Roach) Woods. He attended school in Newcastle and Upton. He spent most of his life as a truck driver. He married Charlotte Krause of Moorcroft Oct. 22, 1947, and the couple had two girls. He later married Ann Senke of Upton and the couple had two boys, one of whom died at birth. He had been a nursing home resident for the past two years, moving there from Moorcroft. Survivors include a daughter, Lou Ann Hansen of Sheridan; a son, Troy Mettler of Upton; seven grandchildren; four sisters, Marian Wilbur of Peoria, Ariz., Maxine Sorter of Brownsville, Texas, Patsy Petersen of San Diego, Calif., and Eleanor "Kewpie" Plemmons of Fort Bridger; a brother, Tom Woods of Upton; and a special friend, Ledel Baker of Moorcroft. He was preceded in death by a son in infancy and a daughter, Lyndee; a brother, Jack; and a sister, Merle.
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