Omar Linwood Woodbury (1908-1957)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. Hazel Faye Raven Linwood B. Woodbury Leon Maynard Woodbury+ Omar Linwood Woodbury 1 Born: 22 Aug 1908, Knox, ME Marriage (1): Hazel Faye Raven on 24 Jan 1928 in Brooks, ME 1 2 Died: 16 Oct 1957, Prospect, ME at age 49 Buried: Pilgrim's Home Cemetery, Monroe, ME    FamilySearch ID: 2C19-QR8. Find a Grave ID: 239379855.   Events • Census, 3 May 1910, Knox, ME. 3 • Census, 7 Jan 1920, Knox, ME. 4 • Census, 3 Apr 1930, Monroe, ME. 5 • Census, 4 Apr 1940, Monroe, ME. • Census, 14 Apr 1950, Monroe, ME. 6 • Obituary: Bangor Daily News, 18 Oct 1957, Bangor, ME. OMAR L. WOODBURY WALDO, Oct. 17 - Omar L. Woodbury, 49, passed away suddenly Wednesday evening. Born at Knox August 22, 1908, he was the son of the late Orrin B. and Ida (Spear) Woodbury. He was a member of Morning Light Grange of Monroe and Archon Lodge of Masons of Dixmont. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Hazel Woodbury; a son, Leon Woodbury of Belfast; a niece; three nephews; two aunts, and four grandchildren. Funeral services will be Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Brazier funeral home, Brooks, with the Rev. Charles Quine of Belfast officiating. Interment will be in Pilgrim's Home cemetery, Monroe. • Newspaper Article: Bangor Daily News, 24 Oct 1957, Bangor, ME. BELFAST, Oct. 23 -- Funeral services for Omar L. Woodbury, 49, formerly of Waldo, where held at the Brazier Funeral Home in Brooks Saturday afternoon with the Rev. Charles Quine officiating. Mr. Woodbury died Wednesday of a heart attack at Prospect. He was formerly the owner of a store at Monroe and later operated a grocery store at Belfast, giving up the work a few years ago because of ill health. He had also operated a chicken farm at Monroe. He had been engaged as a magazine subscription salesman since retiring from the grocery business. Interment was in Pilgrim Home Cemetery at Monroe. Omar married Hazel Faye Raven, daughter of Reverend John Edward Raven and Rose Ann Farley, on 24 Jan 1928 in Brooks, ME.1 2 (Hazel Faye Raven was born on 21 Feb 1909 in Wade, ME,7 8 died on 20 Jul 1984 in Belfast, ME 9 and was buried on 21 Jul 1984 in Pilgrim's Home Cemetery, Monroe, ME.)

1 Maine State Archives, "Maine Marriages, 1892-1996," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 Oct 2011), entry for Omar L. Woodbury and Hazel F. Raven.

2 Maine Maine State Archives Omar Linwood Woodbury-Hazel Faye Raven; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 13 Jan 2021).

3 1910 U.S. census, Waldo County, Maine, population schedule, Knox, enumeration district (ED) 0251, sheet 5B, p. 10, dwelling 127, family 127, Orrin B. Woodbury; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 Feb 2024); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll T624_546.

4 1920 U.S. census, Waldo County, Maine, population schedule, Knox, enumeration district (ED) 135, sheet 1B, p. 2, dwelling 17, family 17, Orin B. Woodbury; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 Nov 2020); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll T625.

5 1930 U.S. census, Waldo, Maine, population schedule, Monroe, enumeration district (ED) 0016, p. 1B, dwelling 25, family 25, Orrin B. Woodbury; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 29 Sep 2020); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626.

6 1950 U.S. census, Waldo, Maine, Monroe, enumeration district (ED) 14-20, sheet 15, p. 16, household 135, Omar L. Woodbury; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 4 Jan 2023); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T628, roll 986.

7 1920 U.S. census, Waldo County, Maine, population schedule, Knox, enumeration district (ED) 135, sheet 3, p. 3B, dwelling 66, family 66, John E. Raven; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 31 Aug 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll T625_649.

8 Maine Maine State Archives, Maine, Birth Records, 1715-1922, unnamed Raven; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com: 5 Nov 2020).

9 State of Maine Department of Human Services, "Maine Death Index, 1960-1997," database, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 26 Apr 2012), entry for Hazel F. Woodbury 1984 death.