Altha F. Woods

Published in the Rochester(IN) News-Sentinel, Saturday, July 28, 1951

Mrs. Altha WOODS, 92, died Friday evening at her home in Kewanna. She had been seriously ill three weeks. Born August 10, 1858, in Atlanta, Ohio, she was the daughter of Samuel and Martha TIRBILL HOSKINS. A resident of Kewanna since 1910, she was a member of the Methodist church. Her husband, James [WOODS], died 40 years ago. Surviving children are: Mrs. Bertha JENNINGS, Mrs. Pha METZGER, of Kewanna; Mrs. Ethel MUNSON of Kewanna; Samuel [WOODS] of Kewanna; nine grandchildren; seventeen great-grandchildren; two sisters, and a brother: Mrs. Charles GEPHART, Delaware, O.; Mrs. A. D. ADAMS of Kewanna; a brother, William HOSKINS, Atlanta, Ohio. Three sons preceded her in death. Wilma WOODS, Don METZGER and Mrs. Robert HARBETT, all of Rochester, are grandchildren of the deceased. The body is at the Harrison funeral home where it will remain until one o'clock Sunday afternoon. It will then be taken to the Kewanna Methodist church at one o'clock to lie in state one hour prior to final rites at 2 o'clock. Rev. Forrest W. HOWELL, pastor, will officiate and burial will be in the Kewanna cemetery.

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