Edward L. Woodbury, 84, died of cancer, April 16, 2004, in Lacey, Washington. Born March 9, 1920, to Lawrence and Ina Hall Woodbury in Washington, Utah. He married Helen V. Swanson on October 15, 1946, in Seattle, Wash.
Ed graduated from Dixie High School, and Dixie Jr. College prior to joining the National Guard in May 1939. Company C 115th Engineers Combat Regiment, 40th Infantry Division was organized in St. George. On March 3, 1941 the entire Division was activated for one year of training at San Louis Obispo, Calif.
After Pearl Harbor, the entire company was inducted into the Army for the duration of the war.
Ed applied and was accepted into Officers Candidate School, Fort Belvoir, Virginia in July, 1942. He graduated from OCS and was assigned to the 842 Engineer Aviation Construction Battalion, located near Alamogordo, New Mexico. In 1943, he was transferred to Port Moresby, New Guinea. From there he built bridges, landing strips on islands that were occupied by the Japanese all the way to the Philippines and Okinowa. He was on Okinowa when the Japanese surrendered in 1945. Ed retired as a Lt. Colonel from the Military with 21 years of service.
He worked for 14 years with the Federal Aviation Administration after retiring from the Military.
Survivors include his wife: Helen; sister-in-law: Luen Atkin Woodbury Flammer; and four brothers: H. Loraine (Catherine) and Marvin H. (Dora Jean) of St. George; Clark N. (Bertha) and Orin N. of Salt Lake City. He was preceded in death by his parents; brother: Alma; and sister: Delores.
Ed was laid to rest on April 21, 2004 in the Olympia Memorial Gardens in Olympia/Lacey, Washington.
Originally published Wednesday, May 5, 2004
Ed graduated from Dixie High School, and Dixie Jr. College prior to joining the National Guard in May 1939. Company C 115th Engineers Combat Regiment, 40th Infantry Division was organized in St. George. On March 3, 1941 the entire Division was activated for one year of training at San Louis Obispo, Calif.
After Pearl Harbor, the entire company was inducted into the Army for the duration of the war.
Ed applied and was accepted into Officers Candidate School, Fort Belvoir, Virginia in July, 1942. He graduated from OCS and was assigned to the 842 Engineer Aviation Construction Battalion, located near Alamogordo, New Mexico. In 1943, he was transferred to Port Moresby, New Guinea. From there he built bridges, landing strips on islands that were occupied by the Japanese all the way to the Philippines and Okinowa. He was on Okinowa when the Japanese surrendered in 1945. Ed retired as a Lt. Colonel from the Military with 21 years of service.
He worked for 14 years with the Federal Aviation Administration after retiring from the Military.
Survivors include his wife: Helen; sister-in-law: Luen Atkin Woodbury Flammer; and four brothers: H. Loraine (Catherine) and Marvin H. (Dora Jean) of St. George; Clark N. (Bertha) and Orin N. of Salt Lake City. He was preceded in death by his parents; brother: Alma; and sister: Delores.
Ed was laid to rest on April 21, 2004 in the Olympia Memorial Gardens in Olympia/Lacey, Washington.
Originally published Wednesday, May 5, 2004
Edward L. Woodbury, 84, died of cancer, April 16, 2004, in Lacey, Washington. Born March 9, 1920, to Lawrence and Ina Hall Woodbury in Washington, Utah. He married Helen V. Swanson on October 15, 1946, in Seattle, Wash.
Ed graduated from Dixie High School, and Dixie Jr. College prior to joining the National Guard in May 1939. Company C 115th Engineers Combat Regiment, 40th Infantry Division was organized in St. George. On March 3, 1941 the entire Division was activated for one year of training at San Louis Obispo, Calif.
After Pearl Harbor, the entire company was inducted into the Army for the duration of the war.
Ed applied and was accepted into Officers Candidate School, Fort Belvoir, Virginia in July, 1942. He graduated from OCS and was assigned to the 842 Engineer Aviation Construction Battalion, located near Alamogordo, New Mexico. In 1943, he was transferred to Port Moresby, New Guinea. From there he built bridges, landing strips on islands that were occupied by the Japanese all the way to the Philippines and Okinowa. He was on Okinowa when the Japanese surrendered in 1945. Ed retired as a Lt. Colonel from the Military with 21 years of service.
He worked for 14 years with the Federal Aviation Administration after retiring from the Military.
Survivors include his wife: Helen; sister-in-law: Luen Atkin Woodbury Flammer; and four brothers: H. Loraine (Catherine) and Marvin H. (Dora Jean) of St. George; Clark N. (Bertha) and Orin N. of Salt Lake City. He was preceded in death by his parents; brother: Alma; and sister: Delores.
Ed was laid to rest on April 21, 2004 in the Olympia Memorial Gardens in Olympia/Lacey, Washington.
Originally published Wednesday, May 5, 2004
Ed graduated from Dixie High School, and Dixie Jr. College prior to joining the National Guard in May 1939. Company C 115th Engineers Combat Regiment, 40th Infantry Division was organized in St. George. On March 3, 1941 the entire Division was activated for one year of training at San Louis Obispo, Calif.
After Pearl Harbor, the entire company was inducted into the Army for the duration of the war.
Ed applied and was accepted into Officers Candidate School, Fort Belvoir, Virginia in July, 1942. He graduated from OCS and was assigned to the 842 Engineer Aviation Construction Battalion, located near Alamogordo, New Mexico. In 1943, he was transferred to Port Moresby, New Guinea. From there he built bridges, landing strips on islands that were occupied by the Japanese all the way to the Philippines and Okinowa. He was on Okinowa when the Japanese surrendered in 1945. Ed retired as a Lt. Colonel from the Military with 21 years of service.
He worked for 14 years with the Federal Aviation Administration after retiring from the Military.
Survivors include his wife: Helen; sister-in-law: Luen Atkin Woodbury Flammer; and four brothers: H. Loraine (Catherine) and Marvin H. (Dora Jean) of St. George; Clark N. (Bertha) and Orin N. of Salt Lake City. He was preceded in death by his parents; brother: Alma; and sister: Delores.
Ed was laid to rest on April 21, 2004 in the Olympia Memorial Gardens in Olympia/Lacey, Washington.
Originally published Wednesday, May 5, 2004
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