George Paul Woodruff (1920-2000)

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George Paul Woodruff
Littlefield Cemetery
Born:	11 Mar 1920 Petoskey, Michigan
Died:	13 Nov 2000
Father:	Thomas Orlando Woodruff
Mother:	Georgia M. Hart
Siblings:	Gerald B. Woodruff Cleo L. Woodruff Madelyn Myrtle Woodruff Gilbert Joshua Woodruff Thomas Woodruff Henry Edsel Woodruff George Paul Woodruff Wesley Edwin Woodruff William Woodruff
Spouse:	Leila Louise Lark
Married:	16 Sep 1947 Oden, Michigan
Children:	Michael L. Woodruff Kenneth G. Woodruff Karen S. Woodruff Julie A. Woodruff

George P. Woodruff was born March 11, 1920, in Petoskey, the son of Thomas O. and Georgia M. (Hart) Woodruff. He grew up in Oden and attended school in Alanson.

In September 1941, he enlisted in the U.S. Army. As a member of the Jeopard 87th Army Field Artillery (Bushmaster) Battalion, he served in Panama and saw combat action beginning at Normandy (D-Day) and continuing throughout northern France and central Europe. He was discharged in October 1945 and returned to Oden, where he married Leila Louise Lark on Sept. 16, 1947.

Mr. Woodruff retired in 1983 after serving as Oden’s postmaster. He was a skilled outdoorsman and was active in the Oden Community Church, the Oden Community Association, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2051.

Source: from an obituary written by Michael L. Woodruff and published in the Petoskey News-Review.

Submitter: Michael L. Woodruff

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• Marriage: Emmet County, Michigan, Vital Records Search, Marriages:

Woodruff, George & Lark, Leila

Date of Marriage: 9/16/1947

Liber: 5

Folio: 93

• Petoskey News-Review, Oct 1994, Obituary: Woodruff, Henry E

• Death: Emmet County, Michigan, Vital Records Search, Deaths:

WOODRUFF, George P.

Date of Death: 11/13/2000

Liber: 2000

Folio: 393

Place of Death: Petoskey, MI.

• Burial: Greenwood Cemetery Index, Petoskey, Michigan:

Woodruff, George P.

Age: 80

Born: 3/11/1920

Died: 11/13/2000

Burial: 11/17/2000

Cemetery: Littlefield Twp., Alanson

Obituary: on file

Military: WW2 - U.S. Army - Jeopard 87th Army Field Artillery

Note: Cremation

• Source: Michigan Family Group Sheet:

Counties: Emmet

Thomas Orlando Woodruff Family

Submitter: Leslie Bagwell.