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- from "The Greensburg Daily News", 17 Aug 1972 (posted on findagrave.com)
CHIROPRACTOR AT OSGOOD DIES AT 73
OSGOOD - Dr Ralph C Woods, 73, who had practiced chiropractics for 49 years, including the past 40 at Osgood, died Wednesday morning at Margaret Mary Community Hospital at Batesville. Dr Woods was born May 16, 1899, at Clinton, Iowa, the son of Dr and Mrs V C Woods. After practicing chiropractics at Franklin for nine years, Dr Woods came to Osgood in 1932. He was a member of the Osgood United Methodist Church and a 50-year member of the Osgood Masonic Lodge. He was also a 50-year member of the Scottish Rite in Clinton and had been a member of the Mystic Shrine at Indianapolis. A past civil defense chairman for Ripley County, Dr Woods served as the county's U.S.Savings Bond chairman for 30 years. He was also the Ripley County American Red Cross chairman during 1941 and again in 1971. The doctor was also a past president of the Osgood Civic Club. On June 22, 1932 he was united in marriage with Lena Rabe, who survives. Other survivors include two sons, Lt Col Roger Woods, Ft Knox, Ky., and Dr Ronald Woods, of Greensburg and Cincinnati; three brothers, Larry Woods, Denver, John Woods, Camanche, Iowa, and Vernon Woods, Ellenton, Fla.; and a sister, Mrs. Mona Fish, Denver. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Fallis Funeral Home here. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery at Aurora. The Rev Robert Hull, pastor of the Osgood United Methodist Church, and the Rev J E Hoadley, former pastor of the church and presently pastor of the Springs Valley United Methodist Church at French Lick, will officiate.
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