Woolworth, Howard H. 1922-1996

WOOLWORTH, MCGILBRA, HARRISON

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 3/8/2009 at 17:24:15

NAME OF DECEASED & AGE: Howard H. Woolworth, 73, of Plain, Washington, a former Hinton resident
DATE OF DEATH: Friday, Feb. 23, 1996
PLACE OF DEATH: Wenatchee, Washington
CAUSE OF DEATH:
DATE OF BIRTH: April 9, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH: James, Iowa
PARENTS: Robert and Leslie (McGilbra) Woolworth
SPOUSE & DATE & PLACE of 1st MARRIAGE: Bettie Harrison, Jan. 23, 1942, South Sioux City, Nebraska
SPOUSE & DATE & PLACE of 2nd MARRIAGE: ---
OCCUPATION: He joined the U.S. Navy, serving aboard the USS Pyro, an ammunitions ship, in Pearl Harbor. He was discharged in 1945 and returned to Iowa where he worked as a machinist and also a truck driver on road projects. In 1951, they moved to Wichita, Kan., where he was employed by the Boeing Aircraft Co. as a machinist. In 1952, he was transferred to the Seattle Plant. In 1986, he retired and they moved to Ponderosa at Plain, WA.
SURVIVORS: …include his wife; two sons, Dennis of Plain and Robert of Sultan, Wash.; four daughters, Sandra Christopherson of Snohomish, Marline Macrue-Smith of Washugal, Wash., Charlene Eckberg of Everett, Wash., and Kathryn Aschenbrenner of Marysville, Wash.; a brother, Lee of Sioux City; a sister, Ruby Foot of Sun City, Calif.; 28 grandchildren; and 19 great grandchildren.
MEMBER OF: …a former member of the Leavenworth Golf Club.
PRECEDED in DEATH by: …a son, Gary; five brothers and three sisters.
PLACE OF BURIAL: GAR Cemetery, Snohomish, Washington
NEWSPAPER SOURCE & DATE: The Sioux City Journal

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