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| Name |
Dorothy Jane Nelson |
| Nickname |
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| Birth |
1 Dec 1909 |
Provo, Utah, Utah, United States  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
22 Dec 1939 |
SLAKE |
| FamilySearch ID |
KWZS-CGS |
| Death |
31 Jul 1996 |
Los Gatos, Santa Clara, California, United States |
| Burial |
6 Aug 1996 |
Provo City Cemetery, Utah, Utah, United States |
| Person ID |
I80581 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Nels Lars Nelson, b. 25 Apr 1862, Goshen, Utah, Utah, United States d. 12 May 1946, Downey, Bannock, Idaho, United States (Age 84 years) |
| Mother |
Maud Noble, b. 1 Feb 1879, Kanab, Kane, Utah, United States d. 9 Jan 1954, Downey, Bannock, Idaho, United States (Age 74 years) |
| Marriage |
25 May 1904 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Family ID |
F172 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Don Charles Candland, b. 4 Feb 1909, Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States d. 14 Feb 1946, Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, United States (Age 37 years) |
| Marriage |
29 Dec 1939 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F27780 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
21 Nov 2024 |
| Family 2 |
Asahel Davis Woodruff, b. 21 Oct 1904, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 20 Jan 1994, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 89 years) |
| Marriage |
13 Mar 1972 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Family ID |
F27781 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
21 Nov 2024 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 1 Dec 1909 - Provo, Utah, Utah, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 22 Dec 1939 - SLAKE |
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 | Marriage - 29 Dec 1939 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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| Marriage - 13 Mar 1972 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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 | Death - 31 Jul 1996 - Los Gatos, Santa Clara, California, United States |
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 | Burial - 6 Aug 1996 - Provo City Cemetery, Utah, Utah, United States |
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- Obituary:
Dorothy Candland Woodruff passed away on July 31, 1996 in Los Gatos, Cal i fornia.
She was born, December 1, 1909, Provo, Utah, the daughter of Nels Lars a n d Maud Nelson. She grew up in Provo and Downey, Idaho. At the age of 1 8 , she started teaching school in Byron, Wyoming, and the rest of her pr of essional life was devoted to education. She married Don Charles Candla n d on December 29, 1939 in the Salt Lake Temple, and they lived in Madis on , Wisconsin. They had four children, Linda Ruth Webb; Don Stuart Candl and ; Michael Nelson Candland; and Christine Stephens.
Her husband, Don, died on February 14, 1946 and she returned with her yo u ng family to Provo, where she was principal of the BYU Elementary Scho o l and taught at BYU. While teaching and raising her family, she continu e d her education and in 1953 was awarded a Doctorate in Education from S ta nford University. For four years she was Director of Curriculum for th e W est Covina School District in California and then joined the facult y of t he University of Oregon where, as a Professor of Education, she ta ught Ea rly Childhood Education. In 1964 she joined a U.S.A.I.D. team fro m the Un iversity of Utah and for four years was head of the Elementary E ducatio n Department at the Haile SellasieI University in Addis Ababa, Et hiopia . After returned from Ethiopia, she served on the Primary Genera l Board.
On March 13, 1972 she married Asahel Woodruff of Salt Lake City and imme d iately gained a wonderful new family. Asahel and Dorothy served a missi o n as director to the Visitor's Center at the Hill Cumorah in Palmyra, N e w York, where both were active in the local community. In later years s h e volunteered her services at the Primary children's Medical Center . A gr eat and nobel woman and always a loving and caring mother and gran dmother . Dorothy's entire life was characterized by devotion to her fami ly, educ ation of the young, and service to her church and community.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, August 6, 1996 at 11 a.m. in t h e Ensign Fifth Ward Chapel, 589 East 18th Ave., Salt Lake City, where f ri ends may call one hour prior to services. Funeral Directors, Larkin Mo rtu ary.
The family has requested that donations in her memory be made to the Pri m ary children's Medical Center.
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