Hazel Lydia Sprague and George Benjamin Franklin Woodard

GEORGE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WOODARD was born September 15, 1882 in Olean, Cattaraugus, New York,⁹²³⁷ and died November 23, 1953 in Salamanca, Cattaraugus, New York.⁹³⁵⁰ He is buried in Little Valley Rural Cemetery, Cattaraugus County, New York.⁹³⁵⁰

He married HAZEL LYDIA SPRAGUE on June 18, 1912 in Cattaraugus County, New York,³³⁹⁵ daughter of LYDIA M. HALL and JOHN D. SPRAGUE. She was born February 13, 1892 in Mansfield, Cattaraugus, New York,⁷³⁹¹ and died July 29, 1974 in Cattaraugus County Infirmary, Machias, Cattaraugus, New York.⁷³⁹¹ She is buried in Little Valley Rural Cemetery, Cattaraugus County, New York.⁷³⁹¹

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Children of HAZEL LYDIA SPRAGUE and GEORGE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WOODARD:

1. GENEVIEVE MARY WOODARD, b. May 3, 1914, Little Valley, Cattaraugus, New York;⁷³⁹⁹ m. HAROLD MAURICE ROBERTSON on December 14, 1947 in Little Valley, Cattaraugus, New York⁹³⁵¹; d. April 22, 2011, Lakeland, Polk, Florida.^{56, 168}
2. LEE HALL WOODARD, b. June 2, 1915, Little Valley, Cattaraugus, New York;⁷³⁹³ m. JEAN TURNER on July 27, 1957 in Derrick City, McKean, Pennsylvania⁷³⁹³; d. June 3, 1976, Olean General Hospital, Cattaraugus County, New York.⁷³⁹³
3. FREDERICK J. WOODARD, b. December 7, 1917, Little Valley, Cattaraugus, New York;⁷³⁹² m. BARBARA SENEAR on June 15, 1946⁷³⁹²; d. August 23, 1979, Cuba Memorial Hospital, Allegany County, New York.⁷³⁹²
4. GEORGE BURDETTE WOODARD, b. January 7, 1923, Little Valley, Cattaraugus, New York;⁷³⁷⁷ m. FRANCES MARGARET HARRIS on October 4, 1946 in Dallas County, Texas⁶⁷³⁹; d. March 13, 2013.⁴⁵⁶



Personal Information

Hazel L. Sprague

• graduated from Little Valley High School, Cattaraugus County, New York, 1910⁷⁹⁹⁹
• was a member of the Greenleaf, Rebekah Lodge⁷³⁹¹
• was a member of the Little Valley Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, Cattaraugus County, New York⁷³⁹¹
• was a member of the Little Valley United Church of Christ, Cattaraugus County, New York. ⁷³⁹¹

George B. F. Woodard

• was foreman of the fluid milk production at the Borden Co.⁹³⁵⁰
• was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Little Valley, Cattaraugus, New York⁹³⁵⁰
• was a member of the Arion Lodge, F. & A.M., Masonic Lodge⁹³⁵⁰

Obituaries

Jamestown Post-Journal, November 23, 1953⁹³⁵⁰

George B. Woodard

LITTLE VALLEY—George B. Woodard, 71, of 207 Fourth Street, died at 8:30 A.M. today in Salamanca District Hospital following two weeks' illness.

He was born in Olean, Sept. 15, 1882. Mr. Woodard was employed by the Borden Milk Company 40 years, and until his retirement in 1947, was foreman of the fluid milk production.

He was a member of the Little Valley I.O.O.F.; Arion Lodge, F. & A.M., and the Quarter Century Club of the Borden Company.

Surviving are his wife, Hazel Sprague Woodard; three sons, Lee H., Olean; Frederick J., Bradford, Pa., and George B. , Jr., Dallas, Texas; a daughter, Mrs. Genevieve Robertson, Cuba, N.Y.; four grandchildren; a brother Claude Woodard, Hornell, and two sisters, Mrs. Harry Abell, Utica, and Miss Alice Woodard.

Funeral services will be held at 2 P.M. Wednesday from the Van Rensselaer Funeral Home, Little Valley. Burial will be in Little Valley Rural Cemetery. A Masonic service will be held at 8 P.M. Tuesday at the funeral home.

Patriot and Free Press, August 7, 1974⁷³⁹¹

Mrs. George Woodard

Mrs. Hazel L. Woodard, 82, of Little Valley died July 29, 1974 in the Cattaraugus County Infirmary at Machias. She was the mother of Mrs. Harold Robertson of Cuba.

Born Feb. 13, 1892 in Mansfield Pa., she was a daughter of John and Lydia Hall Sprague. She was preceded in death by her husband George B. Woodard, in 1953.

Mrs. Woodard was a member of the Little Valley United Church of Christ, the Greenleaf Rebekah Lodge, and the Little Valley Chapter O.E.S She had lived in Little Valley most of her life.

In addition to her daughter in Cuba she leaves three sons, Lee H. of Olean, Frederick J. of Bradford, and George of Dallas Texas; a sister, Mrs. Mae Mink of Faulkner; 7 grandchildren and a great-grandchild.

Services were conducted in Little Valley Thursday by the Rev. Burdette Fuller of the Little Valley U.M. Church. Burial was in Little Valley Rural Cemetery.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 11, 19003342	Mansfield, Cattaraugus, New York	John D. Sprague Lydia M. Hall May Marie Sprague Benjamin H. Sprague Hazel Lydia Sprague
May 9, 19103350	Mansfield, Cattaraugus, New York	John D. Sprague Lydia M. Hall Hazel Lydia Sprague Marcus Glenn Sprague
January 9, 19203391	Little Valley, Cattaraugus, New York	Hazel Lydia Sprague George Benjamin Franklin Woodard Genevieve Mary Woodard Lee Hall Woodard Frederick J. Woodard Grace Lydia Steward
19303346	Little Valley, Cattaraugus, New York	George Benjamin Franklin Woodard Hazel Lydia Sprague Genevieve Mary Woodard Lee Hall Woodard Frederick J. Woodard George Burdette Woodard
April 15, 19403392	Little Valley, Cattaraugus, New York	George Benjamin Franklin Woodard Hazel Lydia Sprague Frederick J. Woodard George Burdette Woodard