Individual Details
Woodrow Evans "Woody" Hawkinson
(11 Sep 1918 - 16 Mar 1998)
Letter, Leila Hawkinson to Art Hawkinson, 1973.
Woody attended grade school at Snow Creek, northwest of Jordan. He graduated from Garfield County High School in Jordan in 1939 as Salutatorian. He took post graduate bookkeeping courses at Jordan and worked as a truck driver for Ebert Stanton for a time. During the years of World War II he worked at Boeing Aircraft in Los Angeles and on the Alcan Highway in Canada. After the war he went into the trucking business for a short time before buying a partnership in Floyd's Bar in Jordan. He sold the partnership in January 1950 and bought the Stockman Bar in Circle in March. He sold the Stockman Bar in the fall of 1958 and bought the hardware store next door. Woody is an avid and successful gun collector.
The Jordan Tribune, 11Oct1951
Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Hawkinson of Circle, are the parents of a 6 1/2 lb. boy who arrived last week.
One night when we [Harlan & Dorothy Krinke and Art & Nancy Hawkinson and families] were all out to eat after a gun show in Minneapolis, Woody got to talking a little about the old days and about Baldy Williams. Old Baldy, of course, had been quite a character in his day and Woody told the story about Baldy going to visit a "cat house" in Kansas City or some such place, and liking it so well that he bought the place. It was a short lived venture though as the place burned down a couple weeks later and Baldy was out of business.
He also told how he happened to buy Floyd's Bar in Jordan back in the 40's. Woody had recently returned from Alaska and had bought a new Diamond T truck with the intention of going into trucking. He stopped into Floyd's for a drink one afternoon and over a beer they got to talking with the owner who said he'd like to sell the place. Woody asked how much, he gave Woody a figure, Woody thought it was probably reasonable so went down the street to get some money from Al to put with what he had and came back and gave it to him. He took off his apron, handed it to Woody, and left.
He said he only made one more trip with the Diamond T after that, going to Lewiston for beer. Later he sold it to Carl Hawkinson.
The Billings Gazette Online, 19Mar1998 (same article appeared in the Jordan Tribune, 27 Mar 1998)
Woodrow "Woody" Hawkinson, age 79, of Circle, formerly of Jordan, passed away on Monday, March 16, 1998, at the McCone County Health Care Facility in Circle.
Woody was born on Sept. 11, 1918, at Harris, Minn., the son of John "Al" and Minnie Hawkinson. He lived on the family farm from 1920-1936 on Snow Creek, northwest of Jordan. They moved to Jordan in 1936 and he attended Garfield County High School, graduating Salutatorian Class of 1939. His sister, Verna, was Valedictorian of the same class.
In February of 1950, Woody married Leila Stanton. They moved to Circle and purchased the Stockman Bar, then later Hawkinson Hardware. They had four children: Terry Hawkinson and wife, Ilene of Conrad, John Hawkinson and wife, Karen of Grand Island, Neb., Chuck E. Hawkinson and wife, Vivian of Rock Springs, Wyo., and Gina Zerr and husband, Dale of Jordan.
Woody was an avid gun collector, a lifelong member of Dakota Territory Collectors Association, the NRA, the Elk's, the Minnesota Weapon Collector's Assoc., former Mayor of the town of Circle, President of Garfield County Title and Insurance, and a Real Estate Broker.
He is survived by his four children; one sister, Verna Valencia of Aptos, Calif.; and five grandchildren: Kelly, Kory and Klint Hawkinson, Amy (Hawkinson) Brininger and Cody Drew. He was preceeded in death by his parents.
Visitation will be held on Thursday, March 19, 1998, from 12-6 p.m. at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Jordan. Funeral services will be held on Friday, march 20, 1998, at 10 a.m. at the Assembly of God Church in Jordan with Pastor Steve Kitterman officiating. Interment will follow in the family lot in the Pioneer Cemetery. Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home of Jordan is in charge of arrangements.
Should friends desire, memorials may be made to the NRA-ILA, McCone Co. Nursing Home, Garfield Co. Nursing Home or to a charity of their choice.
Woody attended grade school at Snow Creek, northwest of Jordan. He graduated from Garfield County High School in Jordan in 1939 as Salutatorian. He took post graduate bookkeeping courses at Jordan and worked as a truck driver for Ebert Stanton for a time. During the years of World War II he worked at Boeing Aircraft in Los Angeles and on the Alcan Highway in Canada. After the war he went into the trucking business for a short time before buying a partnership in Floyd's Bar in Jordan. He sold the partnership in January 1950 and bought the Stockman Bar in Circle in March. He sold the Stockman Bar in the fall of 1958 and bought the hardware store next door. Woody is an avid and successful gun collector.
The Jordan Tribune, 11Oct1951
Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Hawkinson of Circle, are the parents of a 6 1/2 lb. boy who arrived last week.
One night when we [Harlan & Dorothy Krinke and Art & Nancy Hawkinson and families] were all out to eat after a gun show in Minneapolis, Woody got to talking a little about the old days and about Baldy Williams. Old Baldy, of course, had been quite a character in his day and Woody told the story about Baldy going to visit a "cat house" in Kansas City or some such place, and liking it so well that he bought the place. It was a short lived venture though as the place burned down a couple weeks later and Baldy was out of business.
He also told how he happened to buy Floyd's Bar in Jordan back in the 40's. Woody had recently returned from Alaska and had bought a new Diamond T truck with the intention of going into trucking. He stopped into Floyd's for a drink one afternoon and over a beer they got to talking with the owner who said he'd like to sell the place. Woody asked how much, he gave Woody a figure, Woody thought it was probably reasonable so went down the street to get some money from Al to put with what he had and came back and gave it to him. He took off his apron, handed it to Woody, and left.
He said he only made one more trip with the Diamond T after that, going to Lewiston for beer. Later he sold it to Carl Hawkinson.
The Billings Gazette Online, 19Mar1998 (same article appeared in the Jordan Tribune, 27 Mar 1998)
Woodrow "Woody" Hawkinson, age 79, of Circle, formerly of Jordan, passed away on Monday, March 16, 1998, at the McCone County Health Care Facility in Circle.
Woody was born on Sept. 11, 1918, at Harris, Minn., the son of John "Al" and Minnie Hawkinson. He lived on the family farm from 1920-1936 on Snow Creek, northwest of Jordan. They moved to Jordan in 1936 and he attended Garfield County High School, graduating Salutatorian Class of 1939. His sister, Verna, was Valedictorian of the same class.
In February of 1950, Woody married Leila Stanton. They moved to Circle and purchased the Stockman Bar, then later Hawkinson Hardware. They had four children: Terry Hawkinson and wife, Ilene of Conrad, John Hawkinson and wife, Karen of Grand Island, Neb., Chuck E. Hawkinson and wife, Vivian of Rock Springs, Wyo., and Gina Zerr and husband, Dale of Jordan.
Woody was an avid gun collector, a lifelong member of Dakota Territory Collectors Association, the NRA, the Elk's, the Minnesota Weapon Collector's Assoc., former Mayor of the town of Circle, President of Garfield County Title and Insurance, and a Real Estate Broker.
He is survived by his four children; one sister, Verna Valencia of Aptos, Calif.; and five grandchildren: Kelly, Kory and Klint Hawkinson, Amy (Hawkinson) Brininger and Cody Drew. He was preceeded in death by his parents.
Visitation will be held on Thursday, March 19, 1998, from 12-6 p.m. at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Jordan. Funeral services will be held on Friday, march 20, 1998, at 10 a.m. at the Assembly of God Church in Jordan with Pastor Steve Kitterman officiating. Interment will follow in the family lot in the Pioneer Cemetery. Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home of Jordan is in charge of arrangements.
Should friends desire, memorials may be made to the NRA-ILA, McCone Co. Nursing Home, Garfield Co. Nursing Home or to a charity of their choice.
Events
| Birth | 11 Sep 1918 | Harris, Chisago, Minnesota |  | ||
| Marriage | 15 Feb 1950 | Cody, WY - Leila Rose Stanton | |||
| Marriage | 14 Feb 1976 | Las Vegas, NV - Judith C. Weossner | | ||
| Death | 16 Mar 1998 | Circle, McCone, Montana | | ||
| Burial | 20 Mar 1998 | Jordan, Garfield, Montana | |||
| Divorce | Judith C. Weossner | ||||
| Divorce | Leila Rose Stanton |
Families
| Spouse | Leila Rose Stanton (1927 - ) |
| Child | Terrance Ebert "Terry" Hawkinson |
| Child | John Douglas Hawkinson |
| Child | Charles Elliot "Chuck" Hawkinson |
| Child | Gina Claire Hawkinson |
| Spouse | Judith C. Weossner |
| Father | Al (John Alfred) Hawkinson ( - 1964) |
| Mother | Minnie Eleanor Carlson ( - 1951) |
| Sibling | Verna Alene Hawkinson (1923 - 2009) |
Endnotes
1. Birth.
2. Marriage.
3. Death.
4. U.S. Social Security Death Index .