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| Name |
Truman Owen Woodruff |
| Birth |
26 May 1925 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
1 Sep 2004 |
OAKLA |
| FamilySearch ID |
KW8K-LGV |
| Death |
13 Apr 2007 |
California, United States |
| Burial |
20 Apr 2007 |
Logan, Cache, Utah, United States |
| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I21404 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Wilford Owen Woodruff, b. 31 Oct 1899, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 30 Jun 1986, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 86 years) |
| Mother |
Evelyn Ballif, b. 2 Apr 1901, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States d. 16 Jan 1995, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 93 years) |
| Marriage |
20 Jun 1923 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Divorce |
Yes, date unknown |
| Family ID |
F8853 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Ambrosina Francesca Solaroli, b. 4 Oct 1925, Rimini, Forlì, Emilia-Romagna, Italia d. 14 Jun 1991, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 65 years) |
| Marriage |
14 Sep 1948 |
Basel, Basel-Stadt, Schweiz |
| Family ID |
F10286 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
5 May 2024 |
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| Notes |
- Obituary: Salt Lake Tribune, The (UT) | 23 May 1999
Lois Turpin, mother, sister, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great - grandmother and friend passed away May 20, 1999 in Salt Lake City, Uta h a t age 91.
Lois was born in Fillmore, Utah on July 15, 1907 to James William and Lo u ie Giles. On August 29, 1938 she married Randal L. Turpin in Monticell o , Utah. He preceded her in death June 20, 1956.
She raised her children to be a large and close family. She shared the l o ve of out-doors and hunting with her family. Member of the LDS Church . Sh e had a great sense of humor, unconditional love and great sense o f adven ture. She was a great cook and truly loved all her children and g reat-gra ndchildren. Her talent in sewing and crocheting was unparalleled . She mad e wedding dresses for many of her children and grandchildren. S he was eve rybody's best friend. She wanted to experience everything lif e had to off er.
Survived by: son, Randal J. (Marion) Turpin; four daughters, Lois (Keit h ) Martin, Camille (Ross) Bradshaw, Linda (Chris) Christensen, Jean (Ala n ) Sterzer; 20 grandchildren, 78 great-grandchildren, 12 great great-gra nd children; sister, Kathlyn Junker, brothers, Dell Frampton and Bertis F ram pton (Beth). Obituary:
Truman Owen Woodruff, passed away April 13, 2007 at age 81, after a bri e f illness. Truman grew up in Salt Lake City, in a pioneer family . H e w a s the great grandson of Wilford Woodruff, the fourth presiden t of t he Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and also the grea t grandso n of Truman O. Angell, architect of the Salt Lake City Temple . He was th e son of Wilford Owen Woodruff and Evelyn Ballif Woodruff. Tr uman was a s cholar and a gentleman. In spite of an interruption of his e ducation to s erve in the US Navy during World War II, he graduated fro m Harvard Univer sity and Oxford University in England, he also graduate d Summa cum Laud e from California Institute of Technology with a PhD i n Physics. He wa s a Rhodes Scholar, a Howard Hughes, Fulbright, Dow Chem ical and Sheldo n traveling fellow. Truman was a Professor Emeritus of Mi chigan State aft er a long career as Professor and Chairman of the Physic s Department. H e was also a recipient of a Rockefellor Foundation gran t for research, th rough the Federal University of Minas Gerais. He spok e six languages, an d was a visiting Professor at Scuola Normale Superior e, in Pisa, Italy. H e was a fellow of the Am. Phys. Soc; and member of P hi Beta Kappa and Sig ma XI.
Truman was married to Francesca Ambrosia Solaroli, until her death in 19 9 0. He is survived by two nephews, Paulo and Massimo of Rimini, Italy . A t age 70, he married Patricia O'Keefe Vincent, of Galt Ca. Although c hil d less during his first marriage, he immediately acquired four stepch ildr en, the late Pamela Wilson of Galt, Suzanne Hohsfield of Galt, Jenni fer D iamon of Ione and Joseph Vincent of Mission Viejo, Ca. He is also s urvive d by nine grandchildren, including Walker Truman Hohsfield, his na mesake.
In spite of his many awards, he was most proud in his later years when t h e Lodi News Sentinal gave him a special award for his free tutoring o f lo cal students in science and math. He is also survived by his famil y in Ut ah which includes his sister, Jacqueline Clements, and brothers S erge Woo druff, and Wilford Bruce Woodruff. He was preceded in death by h is brothe r, Nathan H. Woodruff. Memorial services will be at 1:00pm Frid ay, Apri l 20, 2007 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints i n Galt, Ca . Mortuary services provided by Ben Salas. Burial will be in L ogan, Utah.
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