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Household of Dr. John William Alwood

He is married to (Not public).

They got married on June 30, 1956 at Washington, DC, he was 28 years old.

John William Alwood oo Elizabeth Elaine Welbon

Marriage sources: Author: Klaus, Terry, Title: «u»The Family Alwood«/u», (Publication location: Crescent City, CA, Publisher: T.Klaus, Publication date: June MCMXCI), pg. 120., Repository: Dallas TX pub. lib.
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Notes about Dr. John William Alwood

John William Alwood

Sources: Author: Stahl, Harriet, Title: «u»Johann Jacob Stahl Sr of LeHigh Co PA«/u», (Publication location: Mt Vernon IN, Publisher: Windmill Pub. Inc, Publication date: MXMXCV), pg. 312. Repository: Lenig-Focht Lib., New Bloomfield, PA

Author: Klaus, Terry, Title: «u»The Family Alwood«/u», (Publication location: Crescent City, CA, Publisher: T.K., Publication date: June MCMXCI), pg 121, Repository: Dallas TX pub. lib. for yob = 1929

Education: 1945 - graduate Coloma H.S. 1949 - W MI Teachers' College - math; masters U. of North Carolina; PhD - Nova U.

Military: U.S.Navy during the Korean War.

Occupation: Teacher & principal. Owner of 'Books By the Bay' in Lewes DE.

Author: Stringfellow, Helena, Title: «u»The Alwood Family Tree«/u», (Publication location: Grantville PA, Publisher: Wert Bookbinding, Publication date: MCMXCVI), pg II-FGS-109, Repository: Dallas TX pub. lib. for yob = 1927

Author: Spurgeon, Bob, Title: "Spurgeon Genealogy," (Publication location: Collegeville PA, Publisher: WorldConnect at Rootsweb.com, Publication date: xvii Dec MMII), Repository: The Cloud

"... John William Alwood Sex: M Birth: 22 Dec 1927 in Washington Township., Whitley County, Indiana 1 Burial: Teacher/School Administra. 1 Teacher/School Administra. 1

Father: William Linford Alwood b: 28 Aug 1902 in Blissfield, LenaweeCounty, Michigan
Mother: Wretha Iola Robinett b: 28 Feb 1900 in Camden Township, Hillsdale County, Michigan

Marriage 1 Elizabeth Elaine Welbon Married: 30 Jun 1956 in Washington, DC 1

Sources:

1. Jerry Wayne Robinette database Mar 1997'

Author: N.N. (anonymous), Title: "Kalamazoo Gazette, Obituary of Jeanne L. Sletten," (Publication location: Kalamazoo MI, Publisher: Langelands Funeral Home, Publication date: xiii Mar MMVII), Repository: The Cloud

"Jeanne L. Sletten ... Posted: 13 Mar 2007 8:09 PM GMT Classification: Obituary Surnames: SLETTEN, ALWOOD, ROBINETT, HANNA, RZEPCZYNSKI, MYHRE, HAHN, DANIELS, HILTON, VANDERWEIDE, HANSEN, DURBIN SLETTEN, Jeanne L. Of Galesburg ... She is survived by ... one brother, John (Betsy) Alwood of Lewes, DE ..."

Author: N.N. (anonymous), Title: "John W. Alwood," (Publication location: Vienna, VA, Publisher: Money & King Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Publication date: Sept MMXXI), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://www.moneyandking.com/obituaries/John-W--Alwood?obId=22445298

"[photograph of a man] John W. Alwood December 22, 1927 - September 18, 2021

Obituary
Dr. John William Alwood, long time principal in Fairfax County, VA (Edison HS '66-'72, Lake Braddock Secondary School '72-'86), book shop proprietor (Lewes DE '88-'00) and resident (Lewes, DE; Tucson, AZ and Oakton, VA '00-present) passed away peacefully in the early hours of Saturday the 18th of September 2021 in Oakton, VA.

Born December 22, 1927 in Indiana, John grew up in a Midwestern family with a rich legacy of Christian missions and faith, faithfulness to one another and consumed with a passion for education and sports. John is survived by his wife of 65 years Betsy Alwood (resident of Arden Courts Memory Care Fairfax), four children Bruce (Kathy) Alwood, Karen (Rich) Corpe, Brad (Tim Wallace) Alwood and Kris (John) Colston; 8 grandchildren Kasey (Caleb) Fristoe, Paige (Caleb) Burr, Moses Alwood, Allison Corpe, Mallory Corpe, Hailey Corpe, Jack (Rachel) Colston, Mitch (Jess) Colston; 3 great-grandchildren Peter and Samantha Fristoe, Halle Burr.

John Alwood lived a rich and blessed life. Whether experiencing the thrill of playing for his alma mater Western Michigan in a basketball game against Notre Dame, meeting his future wife on a blind date in Japan while docked as a U.S. Naval Officer ('51-'55), opening the largest secondary school in the state (Lake Braddock) in 1973 as principal; coaching, umpiring and refereeing hundreds of games of baseball and basketball over the decades; serving in leadership roles at his church (Mclean Presbyterian Church) or serving on the committee in the early days of Young Life's youth ministry in Northern Virginia (late 60s) John embraced every aspect of his life with passion and joy.

Maybe most poignant was the way his Christian faith sustained him in what became a national hostage crisis story in 1982 at Lake Braddock. Reason and compassion are what he used when an 18-year-old, rejected by his girlfriend, took 10 people hostage in the school with a deer-hunting rifle and held them all night. The boy threatened to turn the violence on himself, John says. ``I told him he'd made a bad mistake, but he could overcome it and make a life for himself.'' John was the last hostage to leave, ``and instead of being worried about himself or those waiting for him, he was worried about the boy,'' recalls his wife Betsy. The boy threw out the rifle and came out alive.

He made the extraordinary decision to step down as principal of Lake Braddock in 1986 and teach one final year at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology before retiring and moving to Lewes DE. In John's words, teaching is ``the only important thing -- everything else is pretty incidental,''. Much of the good he did as a principal, he says, came from raising four children. In his words, ``You don't know how traumatic it is to be cut from a team until you've lived through it as a parent". His parenting greatly informed his leadership in the school setting.

John gave his family an amazing legacy of opportunity and support in his encouragement to pursue faith, education and a personally compelling and satisfying vocation. Generous with his resources, faithful with his presence and always affirming in his reflections toward his family. Grandpa, Dad and John will be missed. Yet in a mixture of both sadness and joy his family celebrates his homecoming with his Lord Jesus and awaits the day of being united with him in body and spirit.

A celebration of life will be held on Wednesday, October 27, 1pm at McLean Presbyterian Church 1020 Balls Hill Rd. McLean VA 22101. All are welcome to attend. Memorial Donations may be made to Capital Caring Health, Philanthropy, 3180 Fairview Park Dr., Suite 500, Falls Church, VA 22042"

Oakton is a census defined place in Fairfax Co., VA.
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    Historical events

    Birthday December 22, 1927

    • The temperature on December 22, 1927 was between 0.7 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 16.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
      • April 27 » Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmerie) are created.
      • May 5 » To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf is first published.
      • May 26 » The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.
      • September 5 » The first Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon, Trolley Troubles, produced by Walt Disney, is released by Universal Pictures.
      • September 18 » The Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.
      • September 30 » Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.

    Day of marriage June 30, 1956

    • The temperature on June 30, 1956 was between 13.0 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1956: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 10.8 million citizens.
      • January 8 » Operation Auca: Five U.S. missionaries are killed by the Huaorani of Ecuador shortly after making contact with them.
      • January 26 » Soviet Union cedes Porkkala back to Finland.
      • March 23 » Pakistan becomes the first Islamic republic in the world. This date is now celebrated as Republic Day in Pakistan.
      • June 30 » A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona and crash, killing all 128 on board both airliners.
      • September 25 » TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated.
      • November 13 » The Supreme Court of the United States declares Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal, thus ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
    

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