Primary Name: Oja, Daisy Ellen

Filed as: Oja, Daisy Ellen

Also known as: Daisy Ellen Woods

Occupation / Association: Charter member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Women’s Igloo No. 6

Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; San Pedro, California; Klamath Falls, Oregon; Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia

Keywords: Daisy Ellen Oja, Daisy Woods, Oja family Juneau Alaska, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Women's Igloo No 6 charter member, Juneau High School 1923 graduates, Woods family San Pedro California

Biography

Daisy Ellen Oja was a Charter Member of Juneau Igloo No. 6 of the Pioneers of Alaska.

She was born September 13, 1905, in Juneau, Alaska, to Frank Oja (Ojampere) and Matilda Josephine Ridell Oja.

Daisy graduated from Juneau High School in 1923.

She married Willie Smith Woods on February 24, 1928. The couple had two daughters, both born in San Pedro, California. Maria Jo Woods was born July 26, 1931, and Anne Christine Woods was born September 11, 1932.

Daisy died December 29, 1988, in Klamath Falls, Oregon, and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

Sources

1910 U.S. Federal Census, Douglas; 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau; Alaska Daily Empire, February 29, 1928; Oregon Death Index; 1923 Juneau High School Yearbook