Robert L. Woodward, 82, veteran Utah school teacher, formerly of Vernal, died Saturday morning in a Salt Lake hospital of causes incident to age.
He made his home at 825 Centerville Avenue.
Mr. Woodward started his teaching career at the age of 15 after receiving his teaching certificate from the old Brigham Young Academy. His first class was 51 first graders at the Huntington, Emery County, school and he remained with the same group for three years.
He later taught for 18 years in the Ashley Valley, where Vernal is now located and also took teaching positions in the Beaver Branch of Brigham Young University. He retired from the active teaching in 1920 and moved to Salt Lake City.
Mr. Woodward, a native of Fountain Green, Sanpete County, was born February 24, 1870, a son of James and Maria Johnston Woodward. He lived there for 11 years before moving to Huntington.
In 1889, he married Annie R. Searle and after her death, he married Loretta Thompson in 1925.
His widow survives as do four daughters, Mrs. Maude Ethel Jensen, San Bernardino, California; Mrs. Marilyn Thacker, Vernal; Mrs. Roselyn Woodward, Salt Lake City and Miss Ruth Woodward, en route home from the Eastern States Mission of the Church; eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at 10 a.m. in the Richards Ward, 855 Garfield Avenue.
-Vernal Express, April 17, 1952, transcribed by Rhonda Thacker Holton
Robert Lewis Woodward, 82, a retired school teacher, died April 12, 1952 in the LDS Salt Lake Hospital due to pulmonary turberculosis. He was the son of Maria Jane (Buckley) Johnston and James Woodward. At the time of his death he was residing at 825 Coatsville in Salt Lake City, Utah.
He married Annie Rosetta Searle on April 10, 1889 in Mountain Dell, Utah. Their children: Maude Ethel Woodward and Robert Lewis Woodward Jr. She died in 1924.
He secondly married Loretta Thompson on July 3, 1925. They had three beautiful daughters. The first two were twins.
BYU Idaho - www.abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/westernStates
Details For Marriage ID#203999
Groom Last Name: WOODWARD
Groom First Name: Robert (19)
Groom Residence: Ashley Fork
Bride Last Name: SEARLE
Bride First Name: Annie (18)
Bride Residence: Ashley Fork
Place: Manti
Date: 25 Sep 1889
County of Record: Sanpete
State: Utah
Volume: 1
Page: 251
Robert L. Woodward, 82, veteran Utah school teacher, formerly of Vernal, died Saturday morning in a Salt Lake hospital of causes incident to age.
He made his home at 825 Centerville Avenue.
Mr. Woodward started his teaching career at the age of 15 after receiving his teaching certificate from the old Brigham Young Academy. His first class was 51 first graders at the Huntington, Emery County, school and he remained with the same group for three years.
He later taught for 18 years in the Ashley Valley, where Vernal is now located and also took teaching positions in the Beaver Branch of Brigham Young University. He retired from the active teaching in 1920 and moved to Salt Lake City.
Mr. Woodward, a native of Fountain Green, Sanpete County, was born February 24, 1870, a son of James and Maria Johnston Woodward. He lived there for 11 years before moving to Huntington.
In 1889, he married Annie R. Searle and after her death, he married Loretta Thompson in 1925.
His widow survives as do four daughters, Mrs. Maude Ethel Jensen, San Bernardino, California; Mrs. Marilyn Thacker, Vernal; Mrs. Roselyn Woodward, Salt Lake City and Miss Ruth Woodward, en route home from the Eastern States Mission of the Church; eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at 10 a.m. in the Richards Ward, 855 Garfield Avenue.
-Vernal Express, April 17, 1952, transcribed by Rhonda Thacker Holton
Robert Lewis Woodward, 82, a retired school teacher, died April 12, 1952 in the LDS Salt Lake Hospital due to pulmonary turberculosis. He was the son of Maria Jane (Buckley) Johnston and James Woodward. At the time of his death he was residing at 825 Coatsville in Salt Lake City, Utah.
He married Annie Rosetta Searle on April 10, 1889 in Mountain Dell, Utah. Their children: Maude Ethel Woodward and Robert Lewis Woodward Jr. She died in 1924.
He secondly married Loretta Thompson on July 3, 1925. They had three beautiful daughters. The first two were twins.
BYU Idaho - www.abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/westernStates
Details For Marriage ID#203999
Groom Last Name: WOODWARD
Groom First Name: Robert (19)
Groom Residence: Ashley Fork
Bride Last Name: SEARLE
Bride First Name: Annie (18)
Bride Residence: Ashley Fork
Place: Manti
Date: 25 Sep 1889
County of Record: Sanpete
State: Utah
Volume: 1
Page: 251
Family Members
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George W. Johnson
1845–1845
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Amos Partridge Johnson
1846–1935
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Enoch Jasper Woodward
1848–1921
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Albert Ezekiel Johnson
1848–1849
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Oliver William Johnson
1849–1862
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Milas Edgar Johnson
1851–1933
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James Comfort Woodward
1852–1919
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Maria Jane Johnson Wakefield
1852–1942
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William Andrew "Bill" Woodward
1855–1925
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Julia Ann Johnson Wakefield
1855–1918
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Nancy Emiline James
1858–1942
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Joseph Ellis Johnson
1858–1908
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Benjamin Franklin Woodward
1860–1939
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Nancy Laurette Johnson Woodward
1860–1942
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