Wood, Theodore "Ted" 1922-2016

WOOD, SAPP, MCCUE

Posted By: Mary L Verburg Volunteer (email)
Date: 6/13/2021 at 20:33:34

Theodore "Ted" Wood, 95 died Aug. 11 2016 in Sioux Falls. Mass of Christian Burial and reception were held Thurs. Aug. 18 at 10:30 A.M. at Christ the King Catholic Church in Sioux Falls, followed by the burial at Grace Hill Cemetery in Hawarden.
Ted was born to Coy and Rose (Sapp) Wood on Nov. 16, 1922 in Hawarden. He attended Hawarden High School, where he played on the basketball team, was a drummer in the marching band and also played baseball for the VFW. After graduation Ted was drafted into the Army where he served with the Army Corp of Engineers as a bridge builder in Europe, where his unit bridged the Rhine River during WWII. He returned home to Hawarden in 1946, where he met and married the love of his life, Dolores "Lorry" McCue. They lived in Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado and Southern California.
Ted's different occupations included delivering gas, renting music equipment and giving music lessons prior to arriving in California where he found a job with Flintkote at a corrugated box factory. Ted was hired as a machine offbearer, but held positions as lead man, production foreman and maintenance foreman.
Vacations were spent camping at Lake Isabella.
He transferred to Watsonville, Ca. when he took the position of field service supervisor to oversee the production of strawberry crates and be the liaison to strawberry growers all along the central California coast.
Ted and Lorry moved to their retirement home at Southlake, CA on Lake Isabella where Ted enjoyed golf, bingo, fishing and playing cards. Ted and Lorry moved to Sioux Falls where they enjoyed bingo, visiting casinos and spending time with their grandchildren. Ted's greatest heartbreaks were when his wife died in 2004 and when a son passed away in 2011. Ted moved in with his daughter in 2012. His sense of humor never failed when his body did.

Ted is survived by a sister, Helyn Thompson, a daughter, Vicki; four sons, Ed, (Millie) , Mike (Jan), Bob (Rikki) and Ray (Jan); and numerous nephews and nieces.
Ted was preceded in death by his wife; a son Patrick; two brothers, Woody (Artis) and Ed (Maxine) a sister, Dr. Ruthie (Bob) Delorey, and two brothers-in-law Tommy Thompson and Larry (Pattie) McCue.

Source; Hawarden Independent 8-18-2016