Posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for her service in WWII as a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). (Date of Approval : 01 Jul 2009)
Carolyn Wood graduated in the class of 44-W-1 on 11 Feb 1944. During her time with the WASP she was assigned to Childress Army Air Field (TX) and Eagle Pass Army Air Base (TX). In the performance of her duties she flew many types of military aircraft, including the PT-19, BT-13, AT-6, AT-11.
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Carolyn Wood SAAS December 26, 1919 - June 16, 2006 Our Mama died peacefully on June 16, 2006, in Seattle, Washington.
She was born the day after Christmas to Pierpont Jonathon Edwards Wood and Helen Jeffris Wood in Janesville, Wisconsin. Carolyn grew up in Janesville, attended Janesville High School and graduated Dana Hall in Wellesley, MA. She studied voice for four years in Chicago before making her debut as a Soprano in May, 1942.
In 1943 she gave up a promising career as a singer to join the WASPS (Women's Army Service Pilots). Before joining the WASPS, she received her private pilot's license at the Janesville City Airport. Mom's class (44-W-1) was dubbed the "SUPPER-WASPS" because they were the first WASPS in government uniform and the first graduates of the new stepped-up training curriculum. She received her wings in February, 1944.
On June 17, 1946, Carolyn married First Lieutenant David Glasgow Haumerson. Their two children, Melissa and Nancy, were born in 1946 and 1950. Eventually they moved to the Pacific Northwest, where David died in 1967. Carolyn remarried in 1968 to Dr. Paul Osmun. After his death she married Francis B. Saas and moved to Northbrook, IL. Upon his death in 1984 she relocated to Seattle, WA, to be with her daughters.
She is survived by her 2 daughters, Melissa and Nancy Roys and Nancy's husband, Tom. She was preceded in death by her 2 brothers, Steven P.J.E. Wood and Malcolm Jeffris Wood; and her 3 husbands: David Glasgow Haumerson, Dr. Paul Osmun, and Francis B. Saas. She was one of the kindest, most generous people. She had the ability to brighten up a room full of people with her wonderful smile and great sense of humor. She will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her.
Published in The Seattle Times on Aug. 13, 2006
Carolyn Wood graduated in the class of 44-W-1 on 11 Feb 1944. During her time with the WASP she was assigned to Childress Army Air Field (TX) and Eagle Pass Army Air Base (TX). In the performance of her duties she flew many types of military aircraft, including the PT-19, BT-13, AT-6, AT-11.
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Carolyn Wood SAAS December 26, 1919 - June 16, 2006 Our Mama died peacefully on June 16, 2006, in Seattle, Washington.
She was born the day after Christmas to Pierpont Jonathon Edwards Wood and Helen Jeffris Wood in Janesville, Wisconsin. Carolyn grew up in Janesville, attended Janesville High School and graduated Dana Hall in Wellesley, MA. She studied voice for four years in Chicago before making her debut as a Soprano in May, 1942.
In 1943 she gave up a promising career as a singer to join the WASPS (Women's Army Service Pilots). Before joining the WASPS, she received her private pilot's license at the Janesville City Airport. Mom's class (44-W-1) was dubbed the "SUPPER-WASPS" because they were the first WASPS in government uniform and the first graduates of the new stepped-up training curriculum. She received her wings in February, 1944.
On June 17, 1946, Carolyn married First Lieutenant David Glasgow Haumerson. Their two children, Melissa and Nancy, were born in 1946 and 1950. Eventually they moved to the Pacific Northwest, where David died in 1967. Carolyn remarried in 1968 to Dr. Paul Osmun. After his death she married Francis B. Saas and moved to Northbrook, IL. Upon his death in 1984 she relocated to Seattle, WA, to be with her daughters.
She is survived by her 2 daughters, Melissa and Nancy Roys and Nancy's husband, Tom. She was preceded in death by her 2 brothers, Steven P.J.E. Wood and Malcolm Jeffris Wood; and her 3 husbands: David Glasgow Haumerson, Dr. Paul Osmun, and Francis B. Saas. She was one of the kindest, most generous people. She had the ability to brighten up a room full of people with her wonderful smile and great sense of humor. She will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her.
Published in The Seattle Times on Aug. 13, 2006
Posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for her service in WWII as a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). (Date of Approval : 01 Jul 2009)
Carolyn Wood graduated in the class of 44-W-1 on 11 Feb 1944. During her time with the WASP she was assigned to Childress Army Air Field (TX) and Eagle Pass Army Air Base (TX). In the performance of her duties she flew many types of military aircraft, including the PT-19, BT-13, AT-6, AT-11.
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Carolyn Wood SAAS December 26, 1919 - June 16, 2006 Our Mama died peacefully on June 16, 2006, in Seattle, Washington.
She was born the day after Christmas to Pierpont Jonathon Edwards Wood and Helen Jeffris Wood in Janesville, Wisconsin. Carolyn grew up in Janesville, attended Janesville High School and graduated Dana Hall in Wellesley, MA. She studied voice for four years in Chicago before making her debut as a Soprano in May, 1942.
In 1943 she gave up a promising career as a singer to join the WASPS (Women's Army Service Pilots). Before joining the WASPS, she received her private pilot's license at the Janesville City Airport. Mom's class (44-W-1) was dubbed the "SUPPER-WASPS" because they were the first WASPS in government uniform and the first graduates of the new stepped-up training curriculum. She received her wings in February, 1944.
On June 17, 1946, Carolyn married First Lieutenant David Glasgow Haumerson. Their two children, Melissa and Nancy, were born in 1946 and 1950. Eventually they moved to the Pacific Northwest, where David died in 1967. Carolyn remarried in 1968 to Dr. Paul Osmun. After his death she married Francis B. Saas and moved to Northbrook, IL. Upon his death in 1984 she relocated to Seattle, WA, to be with her daughters.
She is survived by her 2 daughters, Melissa and Nancy Roys and Nancy's husband, Tom. She was preceded in death by her 2 brothers, Steven P.J.E. Wood and Malcolm Jeffris Wood; and her 3 husbands: David Glasgow Haumerson, Dr. Paul Osmun, and Francis B. Saas. She was one of the kindest, most generous people. She had the ability to brighten up a room full of people with her wonderful smile and great sense of humor. She will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her.
Published in The Seattle Times on Aug. 13, 2006
Carolyn Wood graduated in the class of 44-W-1 on 11 Feb 1944. During her time with the WASP she was assigned to Childress Army Air Field (TX) and Eagle Pass Army Air Base (TX). In the performance of her duties she flew many types of military aircraft, including the PT-19, BT-13, AT-6, AT-11.
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Carolyn Wood SAAS December 26, 1919 - June 16, 2006 Our Mama died peacefully on June 16, 2006, in Seattle, Washington.
She was born the day after Christmas to Pierpont Jonathon Edwards Wood and Helen Jeffris Wood in Janesville, Wisconsin. Carolyn grew up in Janesville, attended Janesville High School and graduated Dana Hall in Wellesley, MA. She studied voice for four years in Chicago before making her debut as a Soprano in May, 1942.
In 1943 she gave up a promising career as a singer to join the WASPS (Women's Army Service Pilots). Before joining the WASPS, she received her private pilot's license at the Janesville City Airport. Mom's class (44-W-1) was dubbed the "SUPPER-WASPS" because they were the first WASPS in government uniform and the first graduates of the new stepped-up training curriculum. She received her wings in February, 1944.
On June 17, 1946, Carolyn married First Lieutenant David Glasgow Haumerson. Their two children, Melissa and Nancy, were born in 1946 and 1950. Eventually they moved to the Pacific Northwest, where David died in 1967. Carolyn remarried in 1968 to Dr. Paul Osmun. After his death she married Francis B. Saas and moved to Northbrook, IL. Upon his death in 1984 she relocated to Seattle, WA, to be with her daughters.
She is survived by her 2 daughters, Melissa and Nancy Roys and Nancy's husband, Tom. She was preceded in death by her 2 brothers, Steven P.J.E. Wood and Malcolm Jeffris Wood; and her 3 husbands: David Glasgow Haumerson, Dr. Paul Osmun, and Francis B. Saas. She was one of the kindest, most generous people. She had the ability to brighten up a room full of people with her wonderful smile and great sense of humor. She will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her.
Published in The Seattle Times on Aug. 13, 2006
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