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- from "The Caledonia Advertiser", 7 Jun 1962 (fultonhistory.com)
An old time and much beloved former resident of Caledonia, Maude Tennent Woods, died in a West Chester, Pa. hospital May 28. When taken ill she was visiting her niece and nephew, Dr. and Mrs. Howard Tennent, of Kennett Square, and was on her way here to spend the summer with her brothers and her families, most of whom live in this locality. Mrs. Woods was born in Bradford, Pa., Jun 29, 1879, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Corbett Tennent the eldest child with six brothers. The family came to Caledonia when the children were small, and lived in a large brick house on East Ave. After early schooling in Caledonia she attended Friends' Central, a preparatory school in Philadelphia and Well College, graduating in 1903. As a YWCA secretary she worded in Syracuse and Rochester until her marriage in 1910 to Ralph A. Woos, a young lawyer. They then moved to Tennessee where their two children, Alexander and Isabel were born, and then to oil fields in Louisiana, Texas and Oklahoma. Her husband died in 1936, and since that time Mrs. Woods lived with her daughter, Mrs. Wm. Van Horn in Tulsa. She ofter returned to her beloved Caledonia to stay with her mother, and later with her brother and families; and always when she returned she renewed old friendships and made many new ones. Where ever she went, her church was the center of their life; but always she found time and interest for many other things. When a girl in Caledonia, she organized the Mandolin Club, the Jolly Eight, and a dramatic society. Every old timer remembers the plays she used to put-on in Tennent Part, and Burgess Hall. In Tulsa she was president of the Womens' Organization of the First Presbyterian Church, the third largest Presbyterian Church in the United States. As the city expanded she and her family were active in New John Knox church. Mrs. Woods' interests were many and varied. She was a charter member of the national AAUW in Tulsa, and also of the national Grandmothers' Club. She helped establish the Little Theatre there and was one of its directors, "Blythe spirit" that she was, her friends always found in her a warm and rewarding companionship. When she was taken ill in Kennett Square, her son, Alexander Woods of Oklahoma State Research Department, and her daughter, Mrs. William Van Horn, came to be with her, and she was able to enjoy them for a few days. Besides her son and daughter she leaves four brothers: Elbert and David P. of Caledonia; Kirk of LeRoy, and Donald of Perry; also two granddaughters and three grandsons. On Saturday, June 2, a memorial service was held for Mrs. Woods in the Jenkins Chapel and there will be one later in the John Knox Church in Tulsa.
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1879 - 1962 (82 years)