Gladis Hazel Wulff

b. 2 December 1911, d. 14 September 2002
Gladis Hazel Wulff, daughter of Thomas Alfred Wulff and Annie Retta Butler, was born on 2 December 1911 at Copper Cliff, Ontario.1

About a year after Hazel's mother died her father sent her to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to live with her uncle and aunt, William and Pauline Knoellinger.2,3

Hazel married James W. Hood on 19 April 1930 at Wellsburg, West Virginia.4,5

Hazel married Joseph S. Paden on 19 October 1951.6

Joseph became very ill with emphysema likely in the late 1970s or early 1980s and was bedridden. Hazel started working as a cook and waitress to support the family. Joseph died in 1982.2

Hazel died on 14 September 2002 at Mars, Pennsylvania, at age 902 and was buried on 18 September 2002 at Lakewood Memorial Gardens, Dorseyville.2

Children of Gladis Hazel Wulff and James W. Hood

  • Marian Hood b. 1931
  • Agnes Mae Hood b. 1933
  • James Hood b. 1934
  • Thomas Hood b. 1937, d. 1984
  • Ruth A. Hood7 b. 8 Aug 1940, d. 20 Apr 1941

Family: Gladis Hazel Wulff and Joseph S. Paden

Citations

  1. Gladis Hazel Wulff birth registration no. 47007 (1912); Ontario Registration of Births, 1869-; digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca/ : accessed 15 February 2015),.
  2. Strong family ties became woman's legacy (Hazel (Wulff) Paden obituary), Pittsburgh Tribune Review, (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), 16 September 2002; article, Pittsburgh Tribune Review (http://triblive.com/ : accessed 16 February 2015).
  3. Hazel Wulff, June 1920, Buffalo, NY, sheet 12, line 2, Border Crossings from Canada to US, 1895-1956; digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca/ : accessed 18 February 2015),.
  4. James Hood household, 1940 census of United States, Pennsylvania, Allegheny, Pittsburgh, 69-655, sheet 9A, household 137; digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca/ : accessed 15 February 2015),.
  5. James W. Hood-Hazel Wulff, marriage, 19 April 1930, West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971; database online, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca/ : accessed 20 February 2015),.
  6. Joseph and Hazel Paden anniversary, North Hills News Record, (North Hills, Pennsylvania), 18 October 1977, p. 15; digital image, Newspapers.com (http://newspapers.com/ : accessed 15 February 2015).
  7. Ruth A. Hood, death certificate, Allegheny, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, file no. 34648, registered no. 3125, 25 April 1941; digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca/ : accessed 15 February 2015),.