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Joseph Elmer Woods

60 years old · died June 29, 2023 · Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution, Umatilla County, Oregon

Joseph Elmer Woods, a 60-year-old man from Klamath Falls, died June 29, 2023, while in hospice care at the Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution in Pendleton, where he was in the custody of the Oregon Department of Corrections. The Oregon Department of Corrections has not stated a cause or manner of death in the account available. He is remembered by his hometown of Klamath Falls and the facility where he spent his final weeks.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

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