Marjorie M. McCarthy and DeVoe Woolf

DEVOE WOOLF, son of ROSELTHA HYDE and MARTIN WOOLF, was born October 14, 1887 in Millville, Cache, Utah,³⁵²³ and died July 9, 1948 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.^{3952, 3523} He is buried in Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah.^{3952, 456, 3523}

He married MARJORIE M. MCCARTHY on December 23, 1914 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.^{3952, 3551} She was born in 1890, and died in 1969.⁴⁵⁶ She is buried in Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah.⁴⁵⁶

• Descendant Reports
  • Joshua Cole Descendant Report (Ancestor of DeVoe Woolf)
  • Jeremiah Cranmer Descendant Report (Ancestor of DeVoe Woolf)

Children of MARJORIE M. MCCARTHY and DEVOE WOOLF:

1. MARY M. WOOLF, b. November, 1915, Canada.
2. DEVOE MCCARTHY WOOLF, b. 1917, Canada; m. HELEN VIRGINIA AUGUSTINE on January 22, 1942 in Foster Hotel, Schenectady, Schenectady, New York³⁹⁵⁴.
3. RICHARD MCCARTHY WOOLF, b. April 24, 1919, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada;^{3959, 3961} m. BONNIE LEE FLORA on June 26, 1950 in Savannah, Chatham, Georgia³⁹⁶⁰; d. September 27, 2005, Los Angeles County, California.³⁹⁵⁹
4. MARGERY M. WOOLF, b. November 29, 1920, Raymond, Alberta, Canada;^{3955, 56} d. December 20, 2011, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.⁵⁶
5. Son
6. Son
7. Son



Marriage Announcements and News

Salt Lake Tribune, December 13, 1914³⁹⁶⁵

Mr. and Mrs. Charles McCarty of Raymond, Alberta, Canada, announce the engagement of their daughter, Marjoier to DeVoe Woolf of Cardston, Canada. The marriage will take place about Christmas. Mr. Woolf is a son of Martin Woolf, M. P. P., of Alberta. Miss McCarty is at present the guest of her brother, Wilson McCarty, in this city.

Obituaries

Salt Lake Telegram, July 9, 1948³⁹⁵²

Heart Attack Takes Life of City High School Chief

South Principal Was Known For Youth Help

DeVoe Woolf, 60, prominent Salt Lake educator and principal of South high school since 1931, died Friday at 3:28 a.m. in a Salt Lake hospital of a heart attack.

Mr. Woolf had served in education administration capacities nearly 40 years and was well known by thousands of young men and women who have benefited by his sound counsel and advice.

He was born Oct. 14, 1887, in Cache valley, a son of Martin and Roseltha Hyde Woolf. His father was also an educator. In 1907 Mr. Woolf was graduated from the high school at Lethbridge, Alta., Canada, and in 1910 from the Alberta Normal college.

Chicago Degree

He received his L.L.B. degree from the University of Chicago in 1916, and his L.L.M. degree from Hamilton college in Chicago in 1925. In 1934 he obtained his M.S. degree in education from the Brigham Young university. He had also done graduate work at the University of Alberta, the University of Utah, Stanford University and the University of California.

His school career began in 1910 when he became assistant principal at Cardston, Alta., Canada, and he held that position until 1918. Until 1920 he was head of the department of mathematics of the Knight academy, Raymond, Alta., and from 1920 to 1924 was principal of the Raymond high school.

Coming to Salt Lake City in 1924, he became assistant principal of East high school, and a year later became prinicpal of South junior high school. He remained there until South high school was completed in 1931, when he became the first principal of the school.

Member of Clubs

Mr. Woolf was a member of the Utah Education Assn., the National Education Assn., and teh Salt Lake Kiwanis club. He was a former member of the Canadian Amateur Athletic Assn. from 1910 to 1924, and served on the national board of that organization from 1921 to 1924. He was a former member of the Alberta Education Assn., serving as president of that group in 1920-1921.

He married Marjorie McCarthy Dec.23, 1914. Mr. Woolf was a brother-in-law of Wilson McCarthy, president of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Co.

Mr. Woolf was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was a high priest in the 27th LDS ward.

Those Surviving

Survivors include his widow; the following sons and daughters: Mrs. Harold F. Greene, North Hollywood, Cal.; Mrs. Eugene S. Nichold, Salt Lake City; DeVoe M. Woolf, Schenedady, N. Y.; Richard M., Charles M., Robert M., and John M. Woolf, all of Salt Lake City, and five grandchildren.

Also surviving are the following brothers and sisters: Martin Woolf, Browning, Mont.; Mrs. George W. Brimhall, Provo; J. F. Woolf, Oakland, Cal.; Dr. Golden Woolf, Provo; Vernon H. Woolf, Cardston, Alberta, Canada; L. K. Woolf, Salt Lake City, and Mrs. E. W. Eldredge, Olympia, Wash.

Funeral services will be conducted Monday in Twenty-seventh L D S ward chapel, 185 P st. Interment will be in Wasatch Lawn Memorial park.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 30, 19063947	Cardston, Alberta, Canada	Martin Woolf Roseltha Hyde DeVoe Woolf Sally Ione Woolf Golden LeGrand Woolf Vernon Woolf Lyle Kenneth Woolf Roseltha Woolf Junius Feramorz Woolf
19113946	Cardston, Alberta, Canada	Martin Woolf Roseltha Hyde DeVoe Woolf Sally Ione Woolf Golden LeGrand Woolf Vernon Woolf Lyle Kenneth Woolf Roseltha Woolf
June 13, 19163948	Raymond, Alberta, Canada	DeVoe Woolf Marjorie M. McCarthy Mary M. Woolf
April 17, 19403953	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah	DeVoe Woolf Marjorie M. McCarthy DeVoe McCarthy Woolf Richard McCarthy Woolf Margery M. Woolf Son Son Son