Berrien County MI Archives Obituaries.....Wooldridge, Mary C., Ward August 23, 1966 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: William Brackett brackettwilliam@yahoo.com September 4, 2009, 4:00 pm News Palladium 24 Aug 1966 The News Palladium of Benton Harbor, Michigan carried the obituary for Mary Wooldridge (Mrs. Earl Wooldridge) on Wednesday 24 Aug 1966 and it reads: "Mrs. Earl (Mary Catherine) Wooldridge, 47, of 555 South Fair avenue, Benton Harbor, died Tuesday at 8:50 a.m. in Mercy hospital where she had been a patient since August 20. She had been ill for five years. Mrs. Wooldridge was born Jan. 30, 1919, in Rosedale, Ind., and moved here in 1926. She was married Feb. 27, 1939, in St. Joseph. Besides her husband, survivors included two daughters, Mrs. Rick (Betty) Head of Lake Michigan Beach and Mrs. Robert (Ruth) Morrow of St. Joseph; her mother, Mrs. Mary Burnett of Berrien Center; two brothers, Carroll Ward of Nashville, Tenn. and Robert Ward of Benton Harbor; one sister, Mrs. Claude (Zella) Little of Benton Harbor; and four grandchildren. Mrs. Wooldridge was a member of the Loyal Order of the Moose Auxiliary No. 405 of Benton Harbor and was active in Salvation Army work. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. in the Dey Brothers funeral home, St. Joseph. The Rev. John E. Whitsitt, pastor of the Benton Harbor Tabernacle, of which she was a member, will officiate. Burial will be in North Shore Memory Gardens. Ladies of the Moose will conduct their ritual at 7:30 p.m. in Dey Brothers funeral home." File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/berrien/obits/w/wooldrid1085nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb