OUR NEIGHBORS in the SERVICE.
Merrill, Iowa—Corporal Milo and Private Elwyn Woodley, at home together on furlough, were honored with a lawn picnic for 25 relatives at the home of the soldier’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Woodley. Two soldier sons who could not be present are Private First Class Merlin in the Aleutian Islands and Private First Class Chester who is recovering from fever and injuries somewhere in the South Pacific, Corporal Milo returned Wednesday to Long Beach, California and Private Elwyn will return Friday to Camp Butner, North Carolina.
Source: The Sioux City Journal, July 22, 1943
Merlin Burdette Woodley was born Apr. 30, 1915 to David Arthur and Fannie Louise Simmons Woodley. He died Sept. 25, 2004 and is buried in Riverside Cemetery, Akron, IA.
Source: ancestry.com
