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Parents unable to attend wedding as groom wed in hospital
Peoria Illinois AP reports 75 year old George Woodruff married 173 year old woman Rela Mle in a hospital room with Rev. Oscar JF Jones presiding. Woodruff was bruised in an automobile accident and taken to Proctor Hospital. his parents in Chillicothe, aged 99 and 91, could not attend.
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Peoria, Ill
George Woodruff
Rela Mle
Oscar JF. Jones
Madison Avenue Methodist Church
Woodruff
Water Works
Proctor Hospital
Mr. Jones