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Note: The Howard Courant-Citizen, Thursday, September 30, 1971 Mrs. Gladys Woods returned Sunday from a five weeks' visit at Rantoul, Illinois, with her daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Young Kim and children. Mrs. Woods stayed with her grandchildren while their mother was at a medical center in Washington, D.C., undergoing tests and treatment. Mr. Kim left for duty in Thailand while Mrs. Woods was there. OBITUARY--The Howard Courant-Citizen Gladys Olive Woods, 81, of Howard, died July 21, 1991, at the Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, KS. Born Dec. 8, 1909, near Howard, she was the daughter of Homer J. and Rozella (Poole) Armstrong. She attended rural Elk County schools and graduated from eighth grade at Pleasant Hill School northwest of Howard. On Jan. 27, 1934, she married Harmon Harold "Bill" Woods at Howard. The couple farmed north of Howard until moving to a farm in the Longton area in 1946. Two years after her husband's death in 1963, she moved to Howard. She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary of Carter-Rater Post 149 at Howard, Longton Chapter No. 282, Order of the Eastern Star, and the Longton United Methodist Church. Survivors include a daughter, Shirley Kim, of Wauipai, Hawaii; a brother Ralph H. Armstrong, of Derby; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the Zimmerman Funeral Home in Howard, with interment in Grace Lawn Cemetery. The Rev. Harriett Bechtle, Longton United Methodist Church, will officiate, Helen Vinette will be the organist and Louise Morgan will be the vocalist. Casket Bearers: Richard Fish, Harold Friend, Melvin Friend, John Havens, Ruel Penhorwood and Robert Woods.
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