Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Ora Emerson Doak    
                Born: May- 1-1918          at Yeager Run, near Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV  1,2,3
                Died: Jul-18-2005          near Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV  1,2
              Buried:                      in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV  1,4
          Occupation:                      stonemason  1
            Military: Mar- 4-1943 - Aug-26-1944 Pvt, US Army, World War II Europe (Purple Heart)  1,5,6,7 (see note 1)
              Father: Daniel Webster Doak   (1889 - 1968) 
              Mother: Ella Ferrebee   (1891 -     ) 
                Wife: Rowena E. Wells   8,9  
         Census name: Roena Wells 
             Married: Apr-10-1946           3
                Born: Aug- 3-1929          near Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV  1 (see note 2)
                Died: Jul-25-2011          in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  1
              Buried:                      in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV  1
             Resided:                      in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV  1,10,11
              Census: 1930, 1940           in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      Economy Industries (Harrisville WV) and Pennsboro Manufacturing  1
              Father: Samp Wells   (1895 - 1986) 
              Mother: Edith Mae Smith   (1901 - 1986) 
           M Child 1: Ora Emerson Doak, Jr.      
       Also known as: Emerson Doak 1
                Born: Mar-31-1948          in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  12,1
                Died: Feb-18-2017          in Sheffield, Lorain Co, OH  13
              Buried:                      in Ridge Hill Memorial Park, Amherst, Lorain Co, OH  1
      Cause of death:                      cancer  1
             Resided: from abt 1999        in Sheffield, Lorain Co, OH  1
             Resided: 1978                 in Lorain, Lorain Co, OH  14
             Resided: from abt 1969        in Amherst, Lorain Co, OH  1
             Resided: originally           in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV  1
          Occupation:                      City of Elyria (33 yrs, retired 2002)  1
                Wife: Living  
           M Child 2: Living      
                Wife: Living  
           F Child 3: Living      
             Husband: Living  
           M Child 4: Living      
                Wife: Living  

Sources:
(1) Obituary. 
(2) Social Security Death Index. 
(3) Headstone. 
(4) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) 
(5) U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(6) U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. 
(7) National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator, U.S. Veterans Gravesites (www.ancestry.com) 
(8) Obituary of wife's sister. 
(9) Obituary of wife's brother. 
(10) Obituary of sister. 
(11) Obituary of brother. 
(12) U.S. Public Records Index, Vol 2, Ancestry.com. 
(13) Obituary - At home. 
(14) Ohio Marriage Index, 1970, 1972-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Dept of Health Offc of Vital Statistics. 

Event Notes
Note (1) New item, "West Union Herald," Tuesday, Feb 17 1944, in its entirety:
WOUNDED BY SHRAPNEL
     Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Doak of Greenwood have just received a letter from
their son, Pvt Ora E. Doak, who was wounded in combat duty in Italy on Dec. 9
1943, which states that he is now recovering in a hospital somewhere in North
Africa.  His wounds [were] caused by shrapnel.
Note (2) Hughes Run







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