Allen Woods (1890-1918)

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Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 5/16/2010 at 08:06:50

Maquoketa Excelsior-Record, Maquoketa, Iowa, September 20, 1918

Allen Woods Dies At Great Lakes Naval Training Station

Word was received in this city by Mrs. Margaret Woods, on Wednesday, that her son, Allen Woods, who had been at the Great Lakes Naval Station for the past several weeks, was dead. In the last issue of this paper it was stated that Allen Woods was seriously ill with pneumonia and that his brother, Clyde, had gone there to see him. When the brother arrived he was not allowed to see him because of his serious condition and he went home the middle of the week.
It was a great blow to his relatives and his many friends, for we had all known him only as a fine specimen of manhood and perfect health, and this sudden taking away of one who had so recently left us to prepare for doing his duty to the world in this great conflict is a shock to all this part of the county.
Allen Woods, who was the youngest son of Mrs. Margaret Woods, was born on the home farm north of Maquoketa on September 11, 1890. Here he grew to young manhood and received his early education in the country schools. His father, Benjamin Woods, passed away fifteen years ago, and since the death of his father, Allen assumed the responsibility of the home and remained on the farm until three years ago when they moved to the city where they have since resided.
For one year he was county representative of the Watkins Medical Company, continuing in this work until enlisting into the Hospital Corps of the Navy, the latter part of May. Besides the sorrowing mother, the following brothers and sisters survive: Mrs. Eva Packard of Renwick; Mrs. B. B. Fairman, who is enroute home from a trip through the east; Clyde and Henry, of this vicinity; Warren of Arlington, Washington, and Mrs. Olive McPeak of Arricaree, Colorado. The brother, Clyde, left Wednesday afternoon for Chicago and will accompany the body to this city where services will be held.

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