The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., September 24, 1987, page 14
MILLIE R. WOODRUFF
Millie Rosetta Woodruff, a resident of Wahkiacus, died
Wednesday, Sept. 16, at the age of 89.
She was born July 21, 1898 in Mona, Utah to John Thomas
and Laura Rosetta (Haws) Kay. She married Vernon Jensen Woodruff in Salt
Lake City, Utah on June 20, 1917. They lived in Tremonton, Utah before moving
to Washington state in 1972. Mr. Woodruff preceded her in death in 1982.
Mrs. Woodruff was a homemaker who enjoyed reading, writing, crocheting, and
knitting. She was an active member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Mrs. Woodruff is survived by sons Melvin, Lawrence and
Virgil, all of Wahkiacus, Willis, Arlin and Wesley, all of Ogden, Utah, and
Joel of Pendleton, Ore.; daughters Mary Fischer of Falls City, Ore., Ruth
Maddy of Wahkiacus, Alice Dean of Vancouver, Wash., and Bonnie Seibert of
Castle Valley, Utah; sisters Loren Kay of Ogden, Utah, Leona Adams and Eunice
Summers of Fielding, Utah, Dorothy Chournos of Tremonton, Utah, Carma Radin
of Seattle, and Lillian Keller of Spokane and; 55 grandchildren and 75
great-grand children.
Services for Mrs. Woodruff were held Monday, Sept. 21,
at the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Wahkiacus, with Pastor Rolph Lindfors
officiating. Interment followed in the Hilltop Cemetery, Wahkiacus. Arrangements
were made by Gardner Funeral Home of White Salmon.
The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., October 1, 1987, page 3
WOODRUFF
Millie Rosetta Woodruff, 89, of Wahkiacus, died Sept.
16. She was 89.
Mrs. Woodruff was born July 21, 1898 in Mona, Utah to
Laura Rosetta Haws and John Thomas Kay. She married Vernon Jensen Woodruff
in Salt Lake City, Utah, June 20, 1917.
The couple lived in Tremonton, Utah before moving to
Washington in 1972. Mrs. Woodruff was a homemaker and enjoyed reading and
writing, crocheting, and quilting. She was also an active member of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
She is survived by sons Melvin, Lawrence and Virgil,
all of Wahkiacus; Willis, Arlin and Wesley, all of Ogden, Utah; and Joe of
Pendleton, Ore.; daughters Mary Fischer, Falls City, Ore.; Ruth Maddy, Wahkiacus;
Alice Dean, Vancouver, and Bonnie Seibert of Castle Valley, Utah.
Mrs. Woodruff is also survived by sisters Loren Kay,
Ogden, Utah; Leona Adams and Eunice Summers, Fielding, Utah; Dorothy Chournos,
Tremonton, Utah; Carma Radin, Seattle; and Lillian Keller, Spokane.
She leaves behind 55 grandchildren and 75
great-grandchildren.
The funeral was held on Sept. 21 at the Seventh-Day Adventist
Church in Wahkiacus with Pastor Rolph Lindfors officiating. Interment was
at the Hilltop Cemetery in Wahkiacus under the direction of the Gardner Funeral
Home.
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