Obit: Wood, Fred (1893 - 1964)

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Email: pat@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Wood, Nichols

----Source: Owen Enterprise (Owen, Clark Co., Wis.) 12/31/1964

----Wood, Fred (1893 - 25 DEC 1964)

FORMER OWEN RESIDENT RETURNED FOR BURIAL

Funeral services were held here Monday afternoon for a former Owen resident whose remains were returned here for burial.

Fred Wood, a World War I veteran passed away Friday, December 25, at the Veteran’s Hospital at Tomah where he had been a patient for many years.

Funeral services were held at 2:00 o’clock Monday afternoon from the Hoeper and Kraut funeral Home with Rev. Robert Goessling officiating. Burial was made at Riverside Cemetery.

Pallbearers were C. E. Beck, Rolland Haire, James Devine, John Bacon, Julius Johnson and H. M. Wollum.

Fred D. Wood was born July 11, 1893, at Augusta, Wisconsin. He served in World War I with an infantry company from May 27, 1918, until July 16, 1919. He then came to this community farming south of the city from 1920 until 1936.

Survivors include a brother, William Wood, Shawano, and a sister, Mrs. Mort (Dolly) Nichols, Green Bay.