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WOOD, Sally (nee Williams) 1936-2005

WOOD, WILLIAMS, SIMONSON, HARRIS

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 11/2/2008 at 16:32:00

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Service:
Monday, August 1, 2005
First Congregational Church
502 N. Jackson
Charles City, Iowa

Sally was born May 7, 1936, in Boone, Iowa to Robert A. and Minnie (Harris) Williams. She spent her life serving her God and others. She graduated from Augustana Lutheran Hospital School of Nursing in Chicago, Illinois.

Sally worked at Boone County Hospital for ten years in various positions. She was very active in health care in Ames and Charles City, Iowa, in Sterling, Illinois, and in Havre, Montana. She obtained her BS degree in Health Care Administration in 1975 from the University of Minnesota.

Sally and two sons, Kyle and Brian, moved to Montana in 1977 where she was instrumental in establishing Home Health Care and a skilled nursing facility at Northern Montana Hospital. She served this community until 1997 when she retired from a senior vice-president position at the hospital.

Sally was an active member and past president of Rotary in Havre, and Charles City, and Soroptimists in Havre.

She was recognized as Soroptimist of the Year in 1991 and Montana Woman of the Year by the Montana Business & Professional Women organization. She was a Fellow in the American College of Health Care Administrators.

In 2003 Sally and Kyle moved back to Charles City, and Kyle was moved into the Comprehensive Systems, Inc. facility. Always active, she served on the Women’s Fellowship and Prudential Board of the First Congregational Church, Charles City.

Living family members include her three sons, Kevin (Lynn) Simonson, Charles City, Kyle Simonson, Charles City, Brian (Sherri) Simonson, Monterey , California; two step-children, Greg (Barbie) Wood, and Gayle Wood Bachini; 11 grandchildren. She is also survived by two four-legged children with fur coats, Sassie and Lucy.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her brother Robert A. Williams, Jr, and her husband Dr. Jerry Lee Wood.

Sally requests that all memorials go to the Dr. Jerry and Sally Wood Scholarship at the University of Montana-Northern in Havre, Montana.

[Hauser obit.]

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Sally A. Williams Simonson Wood

CHARLES CITY — Sally A. Williams Simonson Wood, 69, Charles City, died Sunday (July 24, 2005).

Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the First Congregational Church, Charles City, with inurnment at a later date beside her late husband in Havre, Montana.

Sally requests that all memorials go to the Dr. Jerry and Sally Wood Scholarship at the University of Montana-Northern in Havre, Montana.

Hauser Funeral Home in Charles City is in charge of arrangements, (641) 228-2323.

[Mason City Globe Gazette]


 

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