Woolworth, Ralph 1902-1982

WOOLWORTH, RUSSELL

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 4/7/2009 at 13:52:46

RALPH WOOLWORTH

Ralph J. Woolworth, 80, Olympia,Wash., died Friday, June 4, 1982, at a Care Center after a long illness.

Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Evergreen Christian Center with Rev. Geo. Smith and Rev. Rex Johnson officiating. Burial was in the Memorial Garden. The Mills & Mills Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Woolworth was born March 1, 1902, at rural James, Iowa. He attended school here and farmed in the James area. In 1929, he moved to Olympia where he married Mary Ellen Russell on April 9, 1930.

He owned and operated the Woolworth Refrigeration Service until 1941. Then for 17 years he worked for the Golden Rule Bakery where he had his own bakery route. He was a member of the Evergreen Christian Center.

Survivors include his wife, Mary Ellen; a son, Alvin, Los Gatos, Calif.; a brother Clarence, rural Hinton; two sisters, Anna Young, Campbell, Calif., and Hattie Schalk, Hinton; four grandchildren; and five great grandchildren.

Also, three nieces, Lois Smith, Palo Alto, Calif.; Ina Mae Butler, Bakersfield, Calif., and Jean Huggenberger, Hinton; a nephew, James Young, Hinton, and several great nieces and nephews.

~Source: The Hinton Progress, June 10, 1982