Keith Gordon Wood

1922 - 2011  (89 years)

• Name	Keith Gordon Wood  [1, 2]
  Born	22 May 1922	Iowa, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	May 1979	Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA   [4]
  Newspaper Article	Oct 2011	Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA   [3]
  	"Keith G. Wood, age 89, passed away Thursday, October 13, 2011, at his residence. He was born in Macedonia, Iowa, on May 22, 1922, to Joe and Evelyn Mauer Wood. Keith was working at a CCC Camp and enlisted in the US Marine Corps in 1942 and served his country during WWII until 1945. During that time, Keith served in the South Pacific and never had a day of leave. After returning from the service, he was united in marriage to Loretta Oswald on January 17th, 1946, at Saint John Lutheran Church. Keith worked for Iowa Power and Light for 20 years and later served as the Director of the Physical Plant at Iowa Western Community College for over 20 years. Keith is a member of Saint John Lutheran Church and served in various volunteer capacities, a 50 year member of the Masonic Lodge, Tangier Shriner, Lions Club member and was a competitive roller skater. He also enjoyed playing the organ and spending time with his family. Keith is preceded in death by three brothers; parents; and sister, Joan Brisso. Survivors include wife, Loretta; daughter, Carol Wood; sons, David Wood and wife, Pamela, Tom Wood, all of Council Bluffs, Robert Wood and wife, Katy, of Onalaska, Wis.; 8 grandchildren, 5 great grandchildren; sisters, Jean Crist, of Stanwood, Iowa, Shirley Hudson, of Salt Lake City, Utah; brothers, Dean Wood and wife, Katie, Chuck Wood and wife, Donna, all of Council Bluffs, Richard Wood and wife, Colleen, of Meridian, Idaho; nieces and nephews. Obituary & Photo are from the Cutler-O'Neill-Meyer-Woodring Bayliss Park Chapel & The Daily Nonpareil"
  Died	13 Oct 2011	Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA   [2]
  Buried	Memorial Park Cemetery, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I1354	Gilmore-Donald
  Last Modified	15 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Jolley George "Joe" Wood,   b. 3 May 1896, Oakland, Laclede County, Missouri, USA ,   d. 28 Apr 1979  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Evelyn Mauer
  Married	26 Sep 1917	Woodbury County, Iowa, USA   [5]
  Family ID	F376	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Loretta M. Oswald
  Children	1. Carol Wood   2. David Wood   3. Tom Wood   4. Robert Wood
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2020
  Family ID	F516	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1403] 1930 U.S. census, Pattawattamie County, Iowa, population schedule, Silver Creek township, enumeration district (ED) 59, sheet 6A (penned, recto), p. 252 [stamped, recto], dwelling 114, family 111, Joe G. Wood household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 September 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, [roll not stated].]. [S1410] skdirks61, "Newton Family Tree," tree pages, Ancestry.com ((http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 12 September 2020), for Keith Gordon Wood (1922-2011) and wife Loretta M. Oswald. Some sources. . [S1411] Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 September 2020), memorial 78435764, for Keith G. Wood (1922-2011), digital image of marker, transcribed obituary, and photo; citing Memorial Park Cemetery (Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA). Obituary citing Cutler-O'Neill-Meyer-Woodring Bayliss Park Chapel and The Daily Nonpareil (Council Bluffs, Ia.). [S1630] "Deaths and Funerals: Wood, Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, Neb.), 1 May 1979, p. 32, col. 3; digital image, GenealogyBank.com (https://www.genealogybank.com/ : accessed 15 November 2020. [S1401] "Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1945," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 September 2020), for Jolley G. Wood-Evelyn Mauer (1917), Woodbury County, Iowa; original records, Iowa Marriage Records, 1880-1922, Iowa Department of Public Health, Des Moines; microfilm 48, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines.