Jackson County IA Archives Military Records.....Woods, Allen September 20, 1918
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Allen Woods Dies At Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Maquoketa Excelsior-Record, Maquoketa, Iowa, September 20, 1918

Allen Woods Dies At Great Lakes Naval Training Station

Word was received in this city by Mrs. Margaret Woods, on  Wednesday,  that 
her son, Allen Woods, who had been at the Great Lakes Naval Station for the 
past several weeks, was dead. In the last issue of this paper it was stated 
that Allen Woods was seriously ill with pneumonia and that his brother, Clyde, 
had gone there to see him. When the brother arrived he was not allowed to see 
him because of his serious condition and he went home the middle of the week.
It was a great blow to his relatives and his many friends, for we had all 
known him only as a fine specimen of manhood and perfect health, and this 
sudden taking away of one who had so recently left us to prepare for doing his 
duty to the world in this great conflict is a shock to all this part of the 
county.
Allen Woods, who was the youngest son of Mrs. Margaret Woods, was born on the 
home farm north of Maquoketa on September 11, 1890. Here he grew to young 
manhood and received his early education in the country schools. His father, 
Benjamin Woods, passed away fifteen years ago, and since the death of his 
father, Allen assumed the responsibility of the home and remained on the farm 
until three years ago when they moved to the city where they have since 
resided.
For one year he was county representative of the Watkins Medical Company, 
continuing in this work until enlisting into the Hospital Corps of the Navy, 
the latter part of May. Besides the sorrowing mother, the following brothers 
and sisters survive: Mrs. Eva Packard of Renwick; Mrs. B. B. Fairman, who is 
enroute home from a trip through the east; Clyd and Henry, of this vicinity; 
Warren of Arlington, Washington, and Mrs. Olive McPeak of Arricaree, Colorado. 
The brother, Clyde, left Wednesday afternoon for Chicago and will accompany 
the body to this city where services will be held. 


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