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- from "" (clarinda.advantage-preservation.com)
Rns. Esther I. Woods, wife of Prof. J.A. Woods, died at their home in Clarinda, Tuesday, June 20, 1916, at midnight. She had been an invalid for years, and recently had been growing weaker and weaker. She was born near Narietta, O. June 19, 1916 she reached the age of 76 years. Her maiden name was Hill. She came to Clarinda the bride of Prof. Woods, in the latter part of July, 1864, since which time she had lived here continuously excepting for the period form 1895 to 1902, when she and her husband resided at Keithsburg, Ill. She was a member of the Presbyterian church from the time she was a little girl. Surviving her besides her husband are two children, a daughter, Mrs. John A. Hawkins of Esterville, the state, who was here for some days before the death of her mother, and a son, C.E. Woods, of Los Angeles, Calif., from whom a telegram was received Wednesday morning stating that he was starting from California. The funeral will be held Saturday, June 24, at 2:30 p.m. Burial will be in the Woods family lot in the Clarinda cemetery where Prof. Woods' father and mother are buried. A host of friends of Prof. and Mrs. Woods well deeply regret the death of that most estimable Christian lady and sincerely sympathize with her husband in his sorrow.
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