Jean Evelyn Wood

1925 - 2019  (93 years)

• Name	Jean Evelyn Wood  [1, 2]
  Born	20 Mar 1925	Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	Dec 1948	Stanwood, Cedar County, Iowa, USA   [4]
  	Marriage announcement states they will be operating a farm outside Stanwood.
  Residence	May 1979	Stanwood, Cedar County, Iowa, USA   [5]
  Residence	Aug 2004	Stanwood, Cedar County, Iowa, USA   [6]
  Residence	Oct 2011	Stanwood, Cedar County, Iowa, USA   [7]
  Newspaper Article	Abt February 2019  [3]
  	Transcription of obituary on FindAGrave: "In Memory of Jean Evelyn (Wood) Crist, Age 93, from Stanwood Iowa and living at Cedar Manor Nursing home in Tipton passed away Tuesday February 26th, 2019 at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City surrounded by family. Visitation is from 9:30 ? 11:00 am followed by the funeral service on Tuesday, March 5th at the Stanwood Union Church. Burial will immediately follow at the Stanwood Cemetery. Jean was born March 20th, 1925 in a Western Iowa farm house in Macedonia and married Clifford Crist on December 12, 1948 at the First Christian Church in Council Bluffs Iowa; Cliff passed on August 31st, 2011. While Clifford farmed and sold insurance, Jean kept the farmhouse running smoothly. She made meals for the farmhands and her specialty ? seasonal fruit pies. When it came time to raise little piggy?s, Jean was right there to make sure each one was vaccinated and in good health. Jean wrote and played songs on the organ. She also was a member of Quadratones who sang at local events and churches. She also enjoyed singing with the Sweet Adalines in Cedar Rapids. She did various types of artwork, was a member of the Stanwood Women?s club, bowled in a women?s league and operated Jean?s Photo Boutique where she took professional photos. Cliff and Jean enjoyed going to school sporting events, being involved in community activities, and traveling. All children and animals loved Jean. She had a smile and a gentle way with all creatures and people she met. She loved to laugh and was always welcoming. She cared for all and could not stand to see any of god?s creatures suffer. Jean was preceded in death by her parents Jolley and Evelyn (Mauer) Wood and Brother Keith (Loretta) Wood; Sisters: Shirley Wood and Joan (Rodger) Brisso and her husband Clifford of 63 years. Four died as babies: Brothers: Kenneth and twins Leslie and Wesley; Grandson: Alexander Jean is survived by her Sons: Randy (Catherine) and Grayland (Kathy); Grandchildren: David (Allison), Sarah-Elizabeth, Josh (Kristi), Stacy (Ty), Kayla, Mike, Coby (Christina), Kylie, Lexi and Davonte and 14 Great-grandchildren; and her brothers: Charles (Donna) Wood, Richard (Colleen) Wood and Dean (Katie) Wood; In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Tipton Senior Center or Friends of the Animals in Tipton."
  Died	26 Feb 2019	Mercy Hospital, Iowa City, Iowa, USA   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I1355	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   [8]
  Family ID	F376	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Clifford Crist
  Married	11 Dec 1948	Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA   [4]
  Children	1. Randy Crist   2. Grayland Crist
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2020
  Family ID	F515	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].]. [S1429] "Obituaries:Jean Evelyn (Wood) Crist," The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Ia.), 2 March 2019, p. P7, col. 2; digital image Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 24 October 2020). [S1414] Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 September 2020), memorial 197223006, for Jean Evelyn Wood Crist (1925-2019), digital image of marker, transcribed obituary, and photo; citing Memorial Park Cemetery (Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA). Transcribed obituary offers no citation. [S1409] "Miss Wood to Be Wed Sunday Afternoon" Council Bluffs Nonpareil (Council Bluffs, Iowa), 11 December 1948, p. 19, col. 1; digital image Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 12 September 2020). [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. [S1631] "Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice," database and transcriptionsGenealogyBank (http://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 15 November 2020), for Joan K. Brisso; citing The Daily Nonpareil (Council Bluffs, IA.), 3 August 2004. [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.). [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.