various capacities.
(4) In addition to being appointed Justice of the Peace,
Sgt. Thomas Woodruff was also elected as a member of the
Loyalsock Township School Board.
(5) Sadly in May 2000, after battling cancer, Sgt.
Thomas Woodruff passed away.
(6) Sgt. Thomas Woodruff is survived by his wife of 45
years, the former Shirley Boyer, and children Carol (Dave)
Yorks, Thomas (Tami) Woodruff, Jr., Howard (Dawn) Woodruff,
Robert Woodruff and Susan (Scott) Lorson. He also is survived
by two granddaughters, six grandsons, two great-
granddaughters and two great-grandsons.
(7) Sgt. Thomas Woodruff's grandson, United States
Marine Corps Sgt. Hamilton T. Woodruff, was born in
Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
(8) Sgt. Hamilton Woodruff attended DuBoistown
Elementary School, South Williamsport Area Junior High School
and Mansfield Area High School, where he graduated as the
president and salutatorian of his class in 2004. Between his
junior and senior years, he accepted early enlistment in the
United States Marine Corps.
(9) While serving in the United States Marine Corps,
Sgt. Hamilton Woodruff served as an Arabic translator. As a
member of the recon group, Sgt. Hamilton Woodruff intercepted
and interpreted communications that had targeted his fellow
troops.
(10) On April 13, 2009, Sgt. Hamilton Woodruff was
involved in a vehicle accident while returning to Camp
Lejeune, North Carolina, and died the next day, April 14,
2009.
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