Mrs. Martha Woods, An Old Resident, Dead

The funeral of Mrs. Martha Woods, an old resident of Evanston, was held Sunday afternoon in the chapel at the Rosehill cemetery. Mrs. Woods, who has been making her home with her daughter, Mrs. Thomas W. Dickinson, 1510 Greenwood avenue, went to Jackson, Mich., to visit some of her relatives. Word was received from there on Wednesday that she was ill, and on Saturday the message came that she had passed away. The body was shipped to Chicago, and services held yesterday. Mrs. woods has been a widow for six years, her husband, Mr. C. C. J. Woods, having died in 1906. She has been a resident of Evanston ever since the Chicago fire, their property having been destroyed in that conflagration. She is survived by eight children, all of whom live in the vicinity of Chicago.