Grace Woods

1884 - 1978  (94 years)

• Name	Grace Woods
  Birth	24 Jan 1884	Gilman, Marshall, IA
  Gender	Female
  Census	2 Jun 1900	Logan, Marshall, IA ; age 16, born Jan 1884 in IA, at school, living with parents
  Census	15 Apr 1910	Grinnell, Poweshiek, IA ; age 26, born IA, dressmaker at home, living with parents
  Census	5 Jan 1920	Grinnell, Poweshiek, IA ; age 34, born IA, single, dress maker in private home, living with parents
  Census	1925	Grinnell, Poweshiek, IA ; age 41, single, living with parents
  Census	8 Apr 1940	Grinnell, Poweshiek, IA ; age 52, born IA, H4 ed, seamstress at retail store, living with brother Archie
  Death	5 Feb 1978	Grinnell, Poweshiek, IA
  Burial	9 Feb 1978	Hillside Cemetery, State Center, IA
  Person ID	I4021	Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart
  Last Modified	11 Nov 2012

  
  

  Father	Charles Sherman Woods,   b. 27 Sep 1857, West Salem, Mercer, PA d. 10 Dec 1925, Grinnell, Poweshiek, IA (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Margaret Ella Graham,   b. 16 Aug 1856, Freedom, Adams, PA d. 30 Nov 1926 (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	18 Oct 1879	Marshalltown, Melborne, IA
  Family ID	F1122	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

  Grace Woods Gravestone GRACE WOODS / 1884 - 1978

  
  

• Notes

  from "The Grinnell Herald Register", 9 Feb 1978 (grinnell.lib.ia.us) GRACE WOODS RITES TODAY Grace Woods, 94, of the Norris Apartments died Sunday evening of an apparent heart attack suffered at her home. Funeral services for Miss Woods were held at 10 a.m. today at the Smith Funeral Home, with the James P. Russell, pastor of the Grinnell United Methodist Church, officiating. Kathleen Heffner was organist. Honorary pallbearers included Warren Beaty, Wilson Beaty, Carl Childs, John Osborne, Edwin M Richardson, and Everett Wood. Burial was at Hillside Cemetery in State Center. Should friends desire, memorials in Miss Woods' name may be made to the United Methodist Church. The daughter of Charles and Margaret Graham Woods, she was born Jan. 24, 1884, at Gilman. She was graduated from Mebourne High School in 1920. She moved with her family to Grinnell in the early 1900s, and she worked as a sales clerk at the former Britnall's and Broadway department stores. She was the third oldest living member of the Grinnell United Methodist Church. At the time of her death she was secretary-treasurer of the Grinnell American Legion Auxiliary and was past president of that organization. She was the only living member honored with a life membership. Ther are no immediate survivors. Miss Woods was preceded in death by her parents, four brothers, and two sisters.