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- Thursday, 24 December 1942
Mrs. Wood Dies Monday Following Stroke
Mrs. H. M. Wood, 52, died at her home here Sunday morning following an illness which began last February with a stroke, and was intensified with a second stroke four weeks ago. She had suffered with heart trouble all her life and had been in especially poor health the past few years.
Mrs. Wood was born in Florence on March 3, 1890, and had spent her life in Florence with the exception of 20 years in Cripple Creek . She was a member of the Methodist church and the Royal Neighbors lodge. She was married on Dec 24, 1909 to H. M. Wood to which union two sons were born, Floyd of Berkeley, Cal., and George of Richmond, Cal. Surviving relatives are these two sons, her husband, four grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Vera Kyle of Hawthorne , Neb.
Funeral Services will be held at the Holt Chapel Thursday afternoon at 1:30 with the Rev. E. H. Hoffman officiating.
The Florence Citizen
31 December, 1942 pg 4
Funeral Services for Mrs. Wood Thursday
Funeral services were held at the Holt Chapel last Thursday afternoon for Mrs. H. M. Wood, who died Sunday morning, December 20 at her home here, following a second stroke and poor health lasting over a period of years.
The Rev. E. H. Hoffman officiated at the services which were attended by relatives and friends who packed the Chapel to overflowing. The Royal Neighbors lodge members attended in a body and acted as flower bearers.
Mrs. Amy Deibert and Mrs. Frank Seneker sang, Sweet Bye and Bye and Beautiful Isle of Somewhere, accompanied by Mrs. J. Victor McCandless.
Burial was in Union Highland cemetery and pall bearers were Frank Ventress, Enos Blankenship, Frank Abbott, Ed Jagger, Ed Spalding and H. N. Wells, all neighbors of Mr. and Mrs. Wood in the West End .
Flower bearers were Mesdames J. C. Bugher, E. V. Roberts, John Kendrick, Frank Ventress, Charles McCandless and J. H. Moore.
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