Thomas Orlando Woodruff Family

Michigan Family Group Sheet

Thomas Orlando Woodruff Family

Counties: Emmet


HUSBAND & WIFE
Husband: Thomas Orlando Woodruff Birth Date: 4 Apr 1881 Birth Place: New Corydon, Jay Co, Indiana Death Date: 13 Jun 1967 Death Place: Munson Hospital, Traverse City, MI Burial Place: Littlefield Cemetery, Alanson, MI Father: Gilbert Woodruff (1856-1924) Mother: Sarah E Burk (1859-1941)	Wife: Georgia M Hart Birth Date: 2 Jul 1885 Birth Place: Orangeville, Barry Co., MI Death Date: 21 Nov 1967 Death Place: Emmet Co Medical Care Facility Emmet Co., MI Burial Place: 24 Nov 1967 - Littlefield Cemetery, Alanson, MI Father: Joshua Chauncy Hart (1854-1930) Mother: Ida F Ruggles (1865-1891)
Marriage Date: 23 Jul 1902	Marriage Place: Petoskey, MI


CHILDREN
Child No. 1: Cleo L Woodruff Sex: F Birth Date: 9 Nov 1903 Birth Place: Oden, Emmet, MI Death Date: 4 May 1929 Death Place: Oden, Emmet, MI Burial Place: Marriage Date: Marriage Place: Spouse's Name: Bert Tripp	Child No. 2: Gerald Woodruff Sex: M Birth Date: 15 Jun 1906 Birth Place: Oden, Emmet, MI Death Date: 9 Jul 1980 Death Place: Oden, MI Burial Place: Little Traverse Cemetery, Conway, MI Marriage Date: Marriage Place: Date: 31 Jan 1931 Spouse's Name: Ruby Compton (1894-1980)
Child No. 3: Madelin Myrtle Woodruff Sex: F Birth Date: 18 May 1910 Birth Place: Oden, Emmet, MI Death Date: 8 Mar 1933 Death Place: Petoskey, MI Burial Place: Greenwood Cemetery, Petoskey, MI Marriage Date: Marriage Place: Spouse's Name: Lawrence Dittmar	Child No. 4: Gilbert Joshua Woodruff Sex: M Birth Date: 10 Nov 1913 Birth Place: Oden, Emmet, MI Death Date: 19 May 1945 Death Place: Island Of Luzon, Phillippines Burial Place: Marriage Date: 10 Jun 1934 Marriage Place: Spouse's Name: Thora Arlene Sadler (1918-1983)
Child No. 5: Thomas Gale Woodruff Sex: M Birth Date: 31 Jan 1916 Birth Place: Oden, Emmet, MI Death Date: 25 Feb 2008 Death Place: Lansing, Ingham, MI Burial Place: Spouse 1 Name: Ethel Kelly Spouse 2 Name: Amelia De Valentine 1949 Spouse 3 Name: Mary Brill 23 Feb 1966	Child No. 6: Henry Edsel Woodruff Sex: M Birth Date: 20 Jan 1918 Birth Place: Oden, Emmet, MI Death Date: 3 Oct 1994 Death Place: Winter Haven, Polk Co, Florida Burial Place: Rogers City, Michigan Marriage Date: 12 Feb 1944 Marriage Place: Spouse's Name: Martha Lietzow (1915-2006)
Child No. 7: George Paul Woodruff Sex: M Birth Date: 11 Mar 1920 Birth Place: Petoskey, MI Death Date: 13 Nov 2000 Death Place: Oden, MI Burial Place: 16 Nov 2000 - Littlefield Twp Cemetery, Alanson, MI Marriage Date: 16 Sep 1947 Marriage Place: Home Of Myrtle Mountain, Oden, Emmet Co., MI Spouse's Name: Leila Louise Lark	Child No. 8: Wesley Edwin Woodruff Sex: M Birth Date: 21 Feb 1925 Birth Place: Petoskey, MI Death Date: 14 Feb 1981 Death Place: Burial Place: Marriage Date: Marriage Place: Spouse's Name: Rita Normand


Documentation:General Notes (Husband) ================================================================================ THOMAS WOODRUFF 14 Apr 1881 Jun 1967 49764 (Oden, Emmet, MI (none specified) 377-07-9443 Michigan MR. AND MRS. THOMAS O. WOODRUFF An open house reception at their Oden home on Sunday will fete the 60th anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas O. Woodruff and friends are invited to call from 2 to 5 p.m. The reception will be hosted hy their sons and daughters-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Woodruff of Detroit and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Woodruff and Mr. and Mrs. George Woodruff of Oden. The former Georgia M. Hart and Mr. Woodruff were married in Petoskey on July 23, 1902 by the late Rev. George Weaver. With the exception of a year and a half at Mt. Clemens and four years at Detroit, the Woodruffs have lived their entire married life at Oden. Both enjoy excellent health. Mr. Woodruff, 81 and Mrs. Woodruff, 77 are ardent fishermen, take daily rides around Northern Michigan spotting deer and other game. The couple has six sons, Gerald of Detroit, ,Thomas G. of Lansing, Henry and George of Oden, William of Detroit and Wesley of Wayne (their two daughters, Mrs. Bert (Cleo) Tripp and Mrs. Lawrence (Madeline) Dirtmar and a son, Gilbert, are deceased). They have 29 grandchildren and 33 great grandchildren. During World War II six of the Woodruff's sons served simultaneously in the armed forces. Mr. and Mrs. Woodruff will be pleased to greet friends and relatives at the reception on Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. (News-Review photo by Luise Leismer) ================================================================================ General Notes (Wife) ================================================================================ Her real name is Georgia Anna Margaret Minerva Jane Adelaide Melinda Maryann Otis Bugbee Hart. Her gravestone: Georgia M

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