Thomas Ed Wood (1920-2012)

WOOD, SMITH, PETTIT, MIKESELL, CARVER

Posted By: Mark Christian
Date: 7/30/2012 at 17:00:14

From Adams & Soderstrum Funeral Home obituary:

Thomas Ed Wood

BORN: February 11, 1920

DIED: July 22, 2012

LOCATION: Mount Vernon, Iowa

Ed Wood, 92, of Mt. Vernon, Iowa passed away July 22, 2012.Funeral services will be held at Adams Funeral Home, Ames, IA 11:00 a.m. Thursday July 26, 2012 with a visitation one hour prior. A second service will be held at First Assembly of God Church, Cedar Rapids, IA; 11:00 a.m. Friday July 27, 2012 with a visitation one hour prior. Burial will follow at the Cedar Memorial Cemetery.
Ed was born February 11, 1920 in Cedar Rapids, IA at Mercy Hospital; and grew up in that town; moved from Colorado to California where he served for the Army Air Force and then married Beverly J. Smith, 1944 (of Colorado); proceeded to move back to Englewood, CO; then to Santa Fe, NM; again, in the 1950's to Cedar Rapids, IA, (14 yrs) was Tool & Die Maker/Square "D" Co.; Ames, IA (44 years) worked as Superintendent/Sign Shop, for IDOT; retired in 1979; (2 years) in Mt. Vernon, died July 22, 2012.

He was a High School Graduate in Ontario, Oregon, where his father lived at the time. He also aced all the night school classes he attended in Ames; certified as Master Gardener where he was honored by gardening at the infamous Reiman Gardens, in Ames, IA. Earlier in Ed's life he and his father taught violin. He loved classical music; enjoyed "tinkering" with mechanics (especially with his sons), and electronics; and traveling.
Survived by his two sons, Kevin and Tim of Ames; one daughter, Margo (Joe) Pettit of Cedar Rapids, and four grandchildren.

He was proceeded in death by his wife Beverly J. Wood; his parents Thomas L. Wood (Step-Mother, Myrna); Ethel (Battin) Mikesell, (Step-Father, Floyd), sister Bette Carver and half brother Kenneth May.

We especially want to thank the staff and residents, Ed's "extended family" of Hallmark Care Center; First Assembly of God Church (family), (i.e., Mary Teegarden, led Ed to the Lord!); and Mercy Hospice.
Memorials may be directed toward the family in honor of Ed.

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