Raymond Max Woolsey

Raymond Max Woolsey 10/31/18 ~ 12/20/07 In loving memory of our dadRaymond Max Woolsey. He was a World War II veteran and recipient of the Purple Heart. He was critically wounded behind enemy lines along with a number of his comrades whom he never forgot. He was the only son of Ethel and George Woolsey, born October 31, 1918 in Richfield, Utah, spending most of his childhood in Lynndyl and Delta with his many aunts and uncles. He helped his mom and grandma Farnsworth run the Café in Lynndyl, UT and worked on the farm. He later moved to Salt Lake where at a dance at the old Coconut Grove he met the love of his life Mary Maude Saxton. I guess you could say they were childhood sweethearts; he 17 and she was 16. They married August 7, 1937 and continued to live in Salt Lake. They enjoyed their cabin and fishing at Strawberry and built their lives around their four children, Willadean Noe, Loretta Robison (Jerald), Karen Colbert (David), R. Max Woolsey Jr. (Clair). They were blessed with 16 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandson, one great grand dog and one great grand cat. He was preceded in death by his wife Mary in February 2000. His heart was irreversibly broken on that day. He has waited seven long years to be with his love again. Now he is at peace with Mom. We will miss them both beyond words, but they will be with all of us for every single sunrise and every single sunset for ever and always. Graveside Services will be held on Thurs. December 27, 2007 at Redwood Memorial Estates, 6500 S. Redwood Rd, at 2 p.m. with a one hour prior viewing.