This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gZ.2ADI/265.1.1.1 Message Board Post: FORT MYERS NEWS-PRESS, Sunday, Nov. 8, 1992--Esperanza Lorraine Woodring, 91, of Woodring Point, Sanibel passed away Nov. 6, 1992. Esperanza was first-born of the 12 children of Manuel and Rosa Almas. Born on the Island of Cayo Costa on July 7, 1901, she lived 77 of her 91 years at Woodring Point. She spent three quarters of a century on Sanibel waters where she worked as a commercial fisherman and fishing and shelling guide. Predeceased by her husband, Samuel B., Sr. in 1942, she is survived by two sons, Preston R. Woodring, Sr of Ft. Myers and Ralph S. Woodring of Sanibel; 9 grandchildren, 9 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Her survivors also include sisters, Edith Reina of Tampa and Betty Lamason of Hawthorne, Nev.,; and brother, William Almas of Ocals. A graveside service will be conducted at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 1992 at Fort Myers Cemetery. Family and friends may also pay last respects to Esperanza on her beloved Woodring Point at 1816 W! oodring Rd., at 4 p.m, Nov. 10, 1992...Funeral arrangements are by Harvey-Engelhardt Funeral Home. January 13, 1969 Samuel B. Woodring, 55, a lifetime resident of Sanibel island, died sunday afternoon. He is survived by one sister, Mrs. Laura Darna of Puta Gorda; two step-brothers, Ralph woodring and Preston Woodring of Sanibel Island and his stepmother, Mrs. Esperanza L. Woodring of Sanibel. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Leo w. Engelhardt Funeral Home. April 27, 1942 Samuel B. Woodring, 61, pioneer Sanibel fisherman, died here yesterday after a long illness. He is survived by his wife Lorraine, daughter, Mrs. Laura Darna of Cayo Costa, 3 sons, Stanely and Samuel, Jr., of Sanibel and Preston, stationed at MacDill field in Tampa, a brother, Harrison Woodring of Sanibel and two sisters, Mrs. Alva C. Finney of Binghampton, N.Y. and Mrs. J. E. Morris of Fort Myers and 6 grandchildren. Services will be held at the Spooner and Engelhardt Funeral Home tomorrow at 2 o'clock with the Rev. R. E. Drymon officiating. Pallbearers will be Morris Mickel, T. M. Wiles, Belton Johnson, George Underhill, jr., Jake Stokes and Clarence Rutland. Honorary pallbearers will be Morris Michle, M. Johnson, Clyde Langford, Harry Stringfellow, John Boring, Bank Pearce, Ralph Hawkins, Webb Shanahan, Will Reed, Frank Smith and George Underhill, sr.