Pauline (Ruby) Wood

WOOD, LEAKE, HARTZ, WASSENHOVE, SCHINCKEL, LAING

Posted By: Sarah Fletcher (email)
Date: 12/6/2019 at 14:20:32

Pauline (Ruby) Wood, AKA Granny, was granted her angel wings on November 28, 2019. Her final days were spent surrounded by family and friends at Crestview Specialty Care in West Branch.

Pauline was born June 20, 1929, the youngest of 9 children, to Albert I. Ruby and Mary Alice Leake. She loved good food and socializing, adored Cardinals, strawberries and chocolate Turtles. Her wonderful smile could light up a room.

Survivors include her daughter, Sharen (Wood) Hartz; Michael’s wife, Deborah Wood; Colleen’s husband, Don Wassenhove; her sister, Dorothy Schinckel; 8 grandchildren, Kimberly Hartz, Denise (Hartz) Laing, Michael Wood Jr, Matthew Wassenhove, Patrick Wood, Nathanial Hartz, Sam Wassenhove and Joshua Hartz.

Pauline has a strong legacy of 23 great grandchildren. Granny was a loving mother, grandmother and friend to all.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Wood; her daughter, Colleen (Wood) Wassenhove; her son, Michael Wood, and her infant grandson.

Interment will be at Greenview Memorial Gardens, East Moline, IL. alongside her husband, Frank Wood and daughter, Colleen (Wood) Wassenhove.

Special thanks to Crestview. She loved the staff and her family appreciates the great care and support provided by the Crestview team.

Lensing Funeral & Cremation Service
 

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