Dorothy Mae Despain

1925 - 2005  (79 years)

• Name	Dorothy Mae Despain  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	29 Jul 1925	Clubb, Wayne, Missouri, USA   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1950	St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA   [4]
  	Relation to Head: Wife; Marital Status: Married to Hollis Wood
  Death	25 Feb 2005	Alhambra, Madison, Illinois, USA   [2, 3]
  Burial	Valhalla Gardens of Memory and Mausoleum, Belleville, St Clair, Illinois, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I20261	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Hollis Monroe Wood,   b. 29 Jul 1920, Wayne County, Missouri, USA d. 9 Sep 1995, O'Fallon, St Clair, Illinois, USA (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	2 Jun 1941	Greenville, Wayne, Missouri, USA   [1, 2]
  Family ID	F10133	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 29 Jul 1925 - Clubb, Wayne, Missouri, USA Marriage - 2 Jun 1941 - Greenville, Wayne, Missouri, USA Census - Relation to Head: Wife; Marital Status: Married to Hollis Wood - 1950 - St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA Death - 25 Feb 2005 - Alhambra, Madison, Illinois, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Ancestry.com, Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2007;). Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 [S7598] Find a Grave: DESPAIN Dorothy Woods 1925-2005, Dorothy Mae Despain Woods. BIRTH 29 Jul 1925 DEATH 25 Feb 2005 (aged 79) BURIAL Valhalla Gardens of Memory and Mausoleum Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois MEMORIAL ID 129906386 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129906386 [S238] U.S. Social Security Administration, Issue State: Missouri; Issue Date: Before 1951. [S11596] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: St Louis, St Louis,. 1950 United States Federal Census United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: St Louis, St Louis,