Roy Sumner (1) Woodhurst


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Brief biography

Roy Sumner (1) Woodhurst was born in Sumner Township, Coos County, Oregon on January 8th 1922 to parents John Virgil Woodhurst and his wife Nora Cecil Hatfield [IGI: Batches H002122 and 8429303]. He was baptized on June 17th 1933.

Relatives report the following. He served in the Army in WW2. Afterwards he married Lola May Raymer at San Francisco on May 28th 1949 and by her produced the four children listed below. Lola May, born at Eureka in Humboldt County, California on April 28th 1930, was the sister of Robert Raymer who in 1938 had married Roy's sister June Lavina.

The American Social Security Death Index states that he died in January 1983, having Social Security Number 551-14-0011 (issued in California), and that he had resided at Anchorage in Alaska. He was buried at the Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery, whose records give his date of death as January 31st 1983, his date of burial as February 8th (or perhaps 3rd) and his age as 61. The location of his grave is cited as 17-5-4.

His children by Lola May Raymer

  1. Janyce Jean Woodhurst - born 1947
  2. Linda Mary Woodhurst - born 1948
  3. Johnny N. Woodhurst - born 1952
  4. Roy Sumner (2) Woodhurst

Janyce Jean was born on June 26th 1947 at Dallas, Polk County in Oregon. She married John Berens on November 3rd 1976 at Chehalis, Lewis County in Washington.

Linda Mary was born on July 14th 1948, also at Dallas, Polk County. She married Arthur Lange on December 5th 1964 at Eureka, Humboldt County in California.

Johnny N. was born on February 28th 1952 at Scotia, Humboldt County in California. He married Chun Suk Ko on May 5th 1980 in Korea.