WOOD, Cleon A. 1921-2017
KLECKNER, WOOD, JOHNSON
Posted By: K. L. Kittleson
Date: 4/16/2017 at 13:43:59
Cleon A. Wood
April 22, 1921 - January 13, 2017
CEDAR FALLS, IOWA – Cleon A. “Woody” Wood, 95, of Cedar Falls died Friday, January 13, 2017 at the Western Home Communities Elizabeth E. Martin Health Center.
He was born April 22, 1921 in Cedar Falls, son of Louis Cleon and Sarah Ellen (Kleckner) Wood. He married Lorraine A. Johnson on October 27, 1943 in Cedar Falls. She died November 5, 2013.
He graduated from Cedar Falls High School in 1939 and served in the United States Army Air Force during World War II. He was employed with John Deere Waterloo Tractor Works for 35 years, retiring as a Designer in 1982. He was a member of First United Methodist Church in Cedar Falls.
He is survived by three sons: Robert (Patricia) Wood of La Porte City, Randy Wood of St. Louis, MO, and Russell (Kimberly) Wood of Pinetop, AZ; one daughter, Thalia Wood of Silver Spring, MD; ten grandchildren; and thirteen great-grandchildren.
Private family services will be held in the spring.
Memorials may be directed to UnityPoint Hospice or First United Methodist Church, Cedar Falls.
Source: Richardson Funeral Home
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