PRINTER'S NO. 1146
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1107
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY WHEELAND, BERNSTINE, RIGBY, LONGIETTI, JAMES,
SCHMITT, BURGOS, ROTHMAN, KAUFFMAN, T. DAVIS, HOWARD, KINSEY,
COX, PICKETT, RYAN, MILLARD, HAMM, BOROWICZ, PEIFER, ROWE,
STRUZZI, JOZWIAK, SAINATO AND NEILSON, APRIL 6, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 6, 2021
AN ACT
Designating the Faxon Interchange of Interstate 180 at Northway
Road in Loyalsock Township, Lycoming County, as the Sgts.
Thomas Woodruff, Sr., and Hamilton Woodruff Memorial
Interchange.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sgts. Thomas Woodruff, Sr., and Hamilton Woodruff
Memorial Interchange.
(a) Findings.—-The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) United States Army Sgt. Thomas H. Woodruff, Sr.,
lived most of his life in Loyalsock Township.
(2) Sgt. Thomas Woodruff served in the United States
Army during the Korean Conflict as a supply sergeant. After
returning home from active duty, he continued a life of
service.
(3) In 1948, Sgt. Thomas Woodruff joined the Loyalsock
Township Volunteer Fire Company No. 1, where he served in
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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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(11) Sgt. Hamilton Woodruff posthumously received a Navy
and Marine Corps Achievement Medal for his lifesaving work in
the Marine Corps.
(b) Designation.--The Faxon Interchange of Interstate 180 at
Northway Road in Loyalsock Township, Lycoming County, is
designated as the Sgts. Thomas Woodruff, Sr., and Hamilton
Woodruff Memorial Interchange.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs at the interchange displaying the
name of the interchange.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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