Delores Mae Wood (Damon)
September 15, 1924 — May 4, 2010
Delores Mae Wood, 85, of 110 Mitchell Street, SW, Cedar Rapids, most recently of Silver Pines, died Tuesday, May 4, 2010, at Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids. Services: 1:00 p.m. Saturday, May 8, 2010, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Cedar Rapids by Rev. Edmund Powers.
Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids.
Survivors include her children, Tommy (Nancy) Wood of Jensen Beach, Florida, Jerry (Jan) Wood of Swisher, Kerry Sue (David) Dlouhy of Cedar Rapids, and Larry Wood of Cedar Rapids; seven grandchildren, Tammi & Tasha, Erik & Wendee, Amanda, Zac & Kendra; eleven great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
Also surviving are a sister, Marilyn Gillingham of Oelwein; and four brothers, Fred (Joyce) Damon of Tama, Toby (Betty) Damon of Oelwein, Robert (Gen) Damon of Oelwein, and Aaron (Denise) Damon of Pekin, Illinois.
She was preceded in death by three brothers, John, Bud, and George; and two sisters, Midge and Irene.
Delores was born September 15, 1924, the daughter of Ralph and Fern (Woodward) Damon in Oelwein. On May 12, 1945, she married Archie Eli Wood, Jr.. He died in December of 1998.
Delores was a member of Asbury United Methodist Church and the Red Hat Society. She enjoyed sewing, cross stitch, cooking, reading, fishing, gardening, the Iowa Hawkeye’s and San Diego Chargers.
Memorials may be directed to Hospice of Mercy in memory of Delores.
The family would like to extend a special thanks to zone 81 at Mercy.
Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids.
Survivors include her children, Tommy (Nancy) Wood of Jensen Beach, Florida, Jerry (Jan) Wood of Swisher, Kerry Sue (David) Dlouhy of Cedar Rapids, and Larry Wood of Cedar Rapids; seven grandchildren, Tammi & Tasha, Erik & Wendee, Amanda, Zac & Kendra; eleven great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
Also surviving are a sister, Marilyn Gillingham of Oelwein; and four brothers, Fred (Joyce) Damon of Tama, Toby (Betty) Damon of Oelwein, Robert (Gen) Damon of Oelwein, and Aaron (Denise) Damon of Pekin, Illinois.
She was preceded in death by three brothers, John, Bud, and George; and two sisters, Midge and Irene.
Delores was born September 15, 1924, the daughter of Ralph and Fern (Woodward) Damon in Oelwein. On May 12, 1945, she married Archie Eli Wood, Jr.. He died in December of 1998.
Delores was a member of Asbury United Methodist Church and the Red Hat Society. She enjoyed sewing, cross stitch, cooking, reading, fishing, gardening, the Iowa Hawkeye’s and San Diego Chargers.
Memorials may be directed to Hospice of Mercy in memory of Delores.
The family would like to extend a special thanks to zone 81 at Mercy.
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