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- Watertown NY Daily Times - 6/16/1970
MOIRA - Leland James
Woods, 36, Moira, was fatally
insured Monday afternooon at
4:30 at his home when a 55-
gallon drum exploded as he
attempted to cut the top with
an acetylene torch.
Woods was declared dead
on arrival at Alice Hyde Hospital,
Malone,
State Police at Malone said
traces of tar at the bottom of
the drum apparently caused
the explosion.
The body was released to
the Flint Funeral Home in
Moira, where friends may call
tonight from 7 to 9 and
Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7
to 9 p.m.
The funeral will be Thursday
at 11 a.m. at St. Mary's
Church, Brushton. Burial will
be in the parish cemetery.
Mr. Woods is survived by
his widow, Mrs., S a n d r a.
Woods; his mother, Mrs.
Mary Young Woods, Moira; a
daughter, Nancy, 13; a son,
Timothy, 11; his m a t e r n a I
grandmother Mrs. Margaret
Young, Brushton; two sisters,
Mrs. Joseph (tola) Ranieri,
Brushton, and Mrs. George
(Betty) Beha- Parishville;
three brothers Roger Woods,
Madrid, Ralph Woods, Norwood,
and Ira Woods, Brush-
ton.
A native of Moira, Mr.
Woods was bom March 25,
1934, a son of Mrs. Mary
Young Woods and the late
Andrew Woods. He attended
Moira High School and married
the former Sandra Sancomb
in St. Ann's Churchy St.
Regis Falls, on Sept. 15,1956.
Mr. Woods was employed
by tte New York State Department
of Transportation.
He was a communicant of
St. Mary's Church in Brushton
and a member of the
C.S.E.A.
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