Almeda Lightner Woods

1856 - 1932  (76 years)

• Name	Almeda Lightner Woods
  Birth	22 Jun 1856	Mercer County, PA
  Gender	Female
  Census	12 Jul 1870	Chester, Poweshiek, IA ; age 13, born PA, living with parents
  Census	5 Jun 1880	Grinnell, Poweshiek, IA ; age 23, born PA, living with parents
  Census	9 Jun 1900	Grinnell, Poweshiek, IA ; age 43, born Jun 1856 in PA, single, living on the family farm
  Census	22 Apr 1910	Grinnell, Poweshiek, IA ; age 54, born PA, single, parents born PA/PA, siblings Lambert, Ida & Helen in house
  Census	14 Jan 1920	Grant, Poweshiek, IA ; age 63, born PA, single, dairy farmer, parents born PA/PA, living with Ida, Helen & Aunt Ermina
  Census	1925	Grant, Poweshiek, IA ; age 68, born PA, single, 60 yrs in IA, dau of Abner Woods b. PA & Maria Lightner b. PA, living with Ida & Helen
  Census	8 Apr 1930	Grant, Poweshiek, IA ; age 73, born PA, single, parents born PA/PA, living with Ida & Helen
  Death	22 Nov 1932	Grinnell, Poweshiek, IA
  Burial		Hazelwood Cemetery, Grinnell, IA
  Person ID	I4193	Family Tree
  Last Modified	27 Aug 2017

  
  

  Father	Abner Woods,   b. 8 Sep 1824, Pymatuning, Mercer, PA d. 14 Apr 1894, Grinnell, Poweshiek, IA (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Maria Lightner,   b. 26 Dec 1828, Huntington County, PA d. 29 Oct 1904, Grinnell, Poweshiek, IA (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	2 Oct 1851	Mercer County, PA
  Notes	Irwin A Bean, 23, born PA, farm laborer, living in house in 1870 (nephew?)
  Family ID	F1170	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  from Newspaper Obituary, 25 Nov 1932 Almeda Woods Funeral Held This Morning The funeral of Miss Almeda Woods was held at 10:30 this morning from the home on West Fourth avenue. After a month's illness the end came at 4:15 Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 22, 1932. Services were conducted by Rev. Robert Inglis. Mrs. Marjory Bouma sang two selections. "Safe in the Arms of Jesus," and "In the Garden." Almeda Lightner Woods, daughter of Abner Woods and Maria Lightner Woods, was born in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, moving to Iowa with her parents in 1864. The family located in Chester township, living there until the spring of 1877, when they moved to the present home, where they have lived for 55 years. Her education was obtained in the public schools and she also attended Grinnell college for a time. She was a housekeeper and homemaker for a long time and took care of the mother through a long illness. She was also the one to whom other members of the family went as the elder sister. She will be greatly missed in the home and by numerous relatives and friends. She joined the Congregational church Feb 12, 1893. For also 28 years she has been a member of the sunset club. Pall bearers were Luther Verbeck and Ross Wrok, and four cousins, Dr. Laird Woods and Archie Woods of Malcom, Oliver Bean and George Hafkey of Grinnell. Interment was in Hazelwood where other members of the family are buried.