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- from "The Bedford Times-Press", 30 Oct 1952 (posted on findagrave.com)
Mrs. Lola Woods Passed Away Friday
Mrs. Lola Woods, a resident of Taylor County the past 60 years, died at her farm home west of Bedford, Oct. 24. Funeral services were held at the Baptist Church in Bedford Monday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Fred H. Cowles. Burial was in Fairview cemetery. Lola Myrtle Fox, daughter of William and Malinda [Ann Richard] Fox, was born June 30, 1868 at Cedar, Mahaska county, Iowa, and died at the age of 84 years, three months, 24 days. On Dec. 25, 1888, she was married to Robert Morton Woods. To them three children were born. A niece, Frances Fox of Pittsburg, Penn., was left motherless at the age of 2 1/2 and was taken into the home and given a mother's love and care. She was preceded in death by her parents, and one brother. She is survived by one son, Glenn Woods of Cumberland, Iowa; two daughters, Elda May Metzler of Cleveland, Ohio, and Hazel Dean Woods at home; the niece in Pennsylvania; a grandson, Robert Metzler; a granddaughter, Joan Woods Brahms; three great grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Oma Bristow of Rogue River, Oregon. At the age of 16 she confessed Christ as her Saviour and united with the Methodist church. After her marriage she transferred to the Baptist church, and was a diligent worker for Christ. She moved to Taylor County in 1892, and has lived here ever since with the exception of two years spent in Pueblo, Colo., where she went to be near relatives after the loss of her husband in 1901. For the past several years she has been at her home under the care of her daughter, Hazel. Mrs. Woods was a charter member of Circle chapter, Daughters of Ceres. Her life was one of usefulness and cheerfulness.
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