Wood, Edward J. "Ed"

WOOD, MCGUINNIS, STEINMEYER

Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 5/30/2013 at 01:03:36

Edward J."Ed" Wood of Clear Lake, Iowa, died Thursday, Jan. 22, 1998 at
the Oakwood Care Center, Clear Lake.

Funeral services were held Sunday, Jan. 25, at the Ward-Van Slyke Colonial
Chapel, Clear Lake, with the Rev. David Gobeli officiating.

Inurnment will be in the Clear Lake Cemetery, Clear Lake, in the spring. The
family suggests memorials to the Edward J. Wood Memorial fund.

Ed was born on a farm north of Clear Lake on Oct. 21, 1909, the son of Byron
C. and Maude (McGuinnis) Wood. The family homesteaded in Vail, Ore., for a
number of years and then returned to Clear Lake. They moved to Hayward, Wis.,
where they owned a farm and the family grew up.

Ed met Hermina Steinmeyer in Hayward, Wis. They were married in Clear Lake on
June 15, 1937 in the Methodist Chapel which was where the post office is now.
They farmed many years in the Clear Lake-Ventura area. In 1954 they moved to a
farm north of Meservey, Iowa. Ed enjoyed hunting and fishing. Upon retirement
Ed and Hermina lived at 606 18th St. W., Clear Lake.

He is survived by his wife, Hermina Wood, Clear Lake; his children, Gary Wood
and his wife, Bettie, Inez, Texas, Karen Tubesing and her husband, Charles,
Kirtland, Ohio, Steve Wood and his wife, Sharon, Virginia Beach, Va., Ken Wood
and his wife, Carol, Columbia, Md., Byron Wood and his wife, Marlys, Clear
Lake, Greg Wood and his wife, Sue, Carrolton, Texas, and Roger Wood,
Grandview, Mo.; 17 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Mike
Wood of Texas and Wilbur Wood of Florida.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother and three sisters.