Milburn WooddellMilburn WooddellMilburn D. Wooddell, 79, of Lewistown died at 10:52 a.m. Monday, Sept. 18, 1995, at Graham Hospital in Canton.
He was born Feb. 26, 1916, in Sepo, a son of Elgin B. and Mabel B. Cramblett Wooddell Sr. He married Mary Helen Frank. He later married Lethal Fouts. Both wives preceded him in death, as did one son, Larry Wooddell, one stepson, Richard Big Bear Fouts, one brother and one grandchild.
Surviving are two sons, Kenneth Wooddell of Denver and Richard Wooddell of Lamar, Colo.; two daughters, Jean Riley of Canton and Marie Winters of Aztec, N.M.; one stepson, Carroll Little Bear Fouts of Havana; one brother, Elgin B. Jr. of Lincoln; three sisters, Ruby Tuttle of Canton, Doris Jensen of Lamar and Lois Wells of Oklahoma City; 13 grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and three step-great-grandchildren. Judy Wilson of Vermont is a niece.
He was a World War II Army veteran. He was a coal miner at Pine Bluff Coal Co. near Liverpool for several years and later worked for Sherex Chemical Co. in Mapleton until retiring.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Oaks-Hines Funeral Home in Canton. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in White Chapel Memory Gardens.
Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association.
From the Peoria Journal Star.