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Cecil Dorvan “Hap” Woodruff Sr.

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Birth	:	12 Mar 1917 Richmond, Ray County, Missouri, USA
Death	:	26 Aug 2005 Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
Burial	:	Overbrook Cemetery, Overbrook, Osage County, USA
Coordinate	:	38.7751083, -95.5487442
Plot	:	Section S, Lot 167 W1/2, Grave 2
Description	:	Services for Cecil Dorven Hap Woodruff, 88, Overbrook, will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Overbrook United Methodist Church. Burial with military honors will follow in Overbrook Cemetery. Mr. Woodruff died Friday, Aug. 26, 2005, at the Topeka VA Hospital. He was born March 12, 1917, in Henrietta, Mo., the son of William Pierce and Emma Jane Richardson Woodruff. He graduated from Overbrook Rural High School in 1935. Mr. Woodruff served in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a Tech Sergeant in World War II. He served as a radio operator aboard B-17 aircraft flown from England. He was shot down over Western... Read More	Services for Cecil Dorven Hap Woodruff, 88, Overbrook, will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Overbrook United Methodist Church. Burial with military honors will follow in Overbrook Cemetery. Mr. Woodruff died Friday, Aug. 26, 2005, at the Topeka VA Hospital. He was born March 12, 1917, in Henrietta, Mo., the son of William Pierce and Emma Jane Richardson Woodruff. He graduated from Overbrook Rural High School in 1935. Mr. Woodruff served in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a Tech Sergeant in World War II. He served as a radio operator aboard B-17 aircraft flown from England. He was shot down over Western Poland on Oct. 7, 1944, and liberated from a prisoner of war camp by Russian forces on May 2, 1945. He worked for Tutchers Magic Gas. He later worked for the U.S. Postal Service and retired in 1981. He was a member of Anderson-Raible American Legion Post 239 in Overbrook, Veterans of Foreign Wars in Scranton, Topeka Moose Lodge 555, Arab Shrine Temple in Topeka, 457th Bomb Group Assn., and American Ex-Prisoners of War. He married Frances Elizabeth Kroeger on Feb. 28, 1942. She died March 2, 1960. He married Leora Bachelor Garst in 1963. They divorced. A son, Cecil D. Jr., died Oct. 1, 1948. Survivors include three daughters, Carole Frances Turner, Berryton, Barbara Ann Woodruff, Overbrook, and Susan Jane Mohr, Lawrence; eight grandchildren; and a great-grandson. Tuesday, August 30, 2005 ljworld

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Where is Cecil Dorvan “Hap” Woodruff Sr.'s memorial?
Cecil Dorvan “Hap” Woodruff Sr.'s memorial is located at: Overbrook Cemetery, Overbrook, Osage County, USA.
When did Cecil Dorvan “Hap” Woodruff Sr. death?
Cecil Dorvan “Hap” Woodruff Sr. death on 26 Aug 2005 in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
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Latitude: 38.7751083
Longitude: -95.5487442

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Spouse

Frances E Kroeger Woodruff

(1919 - 1960)

LeOra Mae Bachelor Woodruff

(1920 - 2010)

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Nearby Cemetories:

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Coordinate: 38.7751083, -95.5487442

2. Valley Brook Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.7242279, -95.5646362

3. Appanoose Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.7392006, -95.4642029

4. Ridgeway Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.8408012, -95.6066971

5. Dodder Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.7827988, -95.4452972

6. Dean Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.7038994, -95.4781036

7. Carbondale Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.7963982, -95.6663971

8. Rock Creek Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.8488998, -95.4561005

9. Richland Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.8767014, -95.5196991

10. Boles Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.8798400, -95.5307200

11. Twin Mound Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.8692017, -95.4819031

12. Mount Zion Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.6796989, -95.6181030

13. Beam Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.8847600, -95.6160300

14. Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery
Scranton, Osage County, USA
Coordinate: 38.7528000, -95.7055969

15. Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Centropolis, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 38.7243996, -95.4021988

16. Riggs Family Cemetery
Clinton, Douglas County, USA
Coordinate: 38.8949300, -95.4978100

17. Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.6492004, -95.5271988

18. Washington Creek Cemetery
Lone Star, Douglas County, USA
Coordinate: 38.8273800, -95.3997900

19. Scranton Cemetery
Scranton, Osage County, USA
Coordinate: 38.7708015, -95.7221985

20. Kaub Cemetery
Centropolis, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 38.7172012, -95.3899994

21. Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Berryton, Shawnee County, USA
Coordinate: 38.9103012, -95.5763016

22. Yocum Cemetery
Wakarusa, Shawnee County, USA
Coordinate: 38.8849983, -95.6552963

23. Highland Cemetery
Scranton, Osage County, USA
Coordinate: 38.7103004, -95.7099991

24. Lamont Hill Cemetery
Vassar, Osage County, USA
Coordinate: 38.6392400, -95.6004600