Walter "Wayne" WOOD

WOOD, BARBER, RUMELOITE, DAVIS, LASKOWSKI

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 10/6/2011 at 22:11:25

Obituary - Walter "Wayne" Wood

Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Tuesday, August 24, 2004

CLEAR LAKE — Walter "Wayne" WOOD, 85, of Lady Lake, Florida, went to be with the Lord, on Saturday (Aug. 21, 2004).

Walter is an Army Veteran of World War II and a Purple Heart recipient. He retired as a rural mail carrier in Clear Lake, Iowa, and has lived in The Villages for the past 20 years. He was a member of Chapel of Christian Faith and American Legion Post 347, Lady Lake, and a past member of Lady Lake Lions.

He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Theone WOOD of Lady Lake; sons, Russell (Judy) WOOD of Palm Bay, Fla., Richard WOOD of Leesburg, Fla., and Rae (Carolyn) WOOD of Merritt Island, Fla.; sisters, Arlene BARBER, Clear Lake, Iowa, Pauline RUMELOITE, Mason City, Iowa, and Barbara (Leslie) DAVIS of Coeur D’Alene, Idaho; seven grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

He was preceeded in death by parents, Harvey and Blanche WOOD; a son, Ronald WOOD; a brother, Dale WOOD; and a sister, Kathryn LASKOWSKI.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Chapel of Christian Faith, The Villages, with Pastors Emerson ROSS and Charles HOLMES offiiciating. Interment will be at 2 p.m at Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, Fla.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to Chapel of Christian Faith Building Fund, 1411 Paradise Drive, Lady Lake, Fla. 32159. Page-Theus Funeral Home, 914 W. Main Street, Leesburg, Florida, (352)787-5511, is in charge of arrangements.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, October of 2011