Mike Woolsey, 92, passed away Friday, April 24, 2015.
Mike was born and raised in El Dorado, Ark., in 1923 to Mikel D. and Elizabeth Woolsey.
From 1941 to 1954 he was an avid amateur boxer, which included winning the Golden Gloves Heavyweight Championship of Texas in 1949 and the Light Heavy Weight Championship in 1951. He was a union ironworker for 26 years out of Local 263 in Fort Worth and also 13 years as a union boilermaker out of Local 96 in Fort Worth.
Mike was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and five sisters.
Survivors: Wife of 58 years, Lou; sons, Larry C. Reed and wife, Diane, Thomas A. Reed, Russell D. Reed and wife, Patti, Kenny W. Reed and wife, Regina, and Terry M. Woolsey; sister, Naomi Billingsly; 12 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
Mike Woolsey, 92, passed away Friday, April 24, 2015.
Mike was born and raised in El Dorado, Ark., in 1923 to Mikel D. and Elizabeth Woolsey.
From 1941 to 1954 he was an avid amateur boxer, which included winning the Golden Gloves Heavyweight Championship of Texas in 1949 and the Light Heavy Weight Championship in 1951. He was a union ironworker for 26 years out of Local 263 in Fort Worth and also 13 years as a union boilermaker out of Local 96 in Fort Worth.
Mike was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and five sisters.
Survivors: Wife of 58 years, Lou; sons, Larry C. Reed and wife, Diane, Thomas A. Reed, Russell D. Reed and wife, Patti, Kenny W. Reed and wife, Regina, and Terry M. Woolsey; sister, Naomi Billingsly; 12 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
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