Obit for Wyatt Linder Wood from Humboldt Union edition date Aug 19-26 1954
buried Mt Hope Cem-age 92-ETC-Aug 16, 1954
DEATH TAKES 'DOC 'WOODS, HUMBOLDT PIONEER
Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 at the Johnson Funeral Home for "Doc" Wood, 92, who died Monday afternoon at the McAtee Nursing Home, Iola, where he had been for the past several months.
Wyatt Linder "Doc" Wood was born Feb 17 1862, at Arcola, Illinois, and came to Wilson County with his parents (Martin & Elizabeth Wood) when a small boy; They settled near Fredonia, where he grew up. He married Laura Ann Smith, Oct 13 1886, and soon after their marriage they moved to Humboldt where they lived for more than 60 years. They celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in 1946. His wife died in 1949
Doc Wood was town crayman in the early days in Humboldt, and was also employed in pipeline work in the early oilfield history of Kansas. He liked farming and was the first to get his corn planted and had the largest and earliest garden in Humboldt. Since his wife's death he has made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Walter Burtiss, at Iola.
Other survivors are two sons, Alvin Wood, Humboldt, and Robert Wood, Moran; six grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild.
Their children: Ina, John, Robert & Alvin.
Siblings: John Thomas, Burgoyne, William Allen, Martha, Richard (Rocky) Wood.
buried Mt Hope Cem-age 92-ETC-Aug 16, 1954
DEATH TAKES 'DOC 'WOODS, HUMBOLDT PIONEER
Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 at the Johnson Funeral Home for "Doc" Wood, 92, who died Monday afternoon at the McAtee Nursing Home, Iola, where he had been for the past several months.
Wyatt Linder "Doc" Wood was born Feb 17 1862, at Arcola, Illinois, and came to Wilson County with his parents (Martin & Elizabeth Wood) when a small boy; They settled near Fredonia, where he grew up. He married Laura Ann Smith, Oct 13 1886, and soon after their marriage they moved to Humboldt where they lived for more than 60 years. They celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in 1946. His wife died in 1949
Doc Wood was town crayman in the early days in Humboldt, and was also employed in pipeline work in the early oilfield history of Kansas. He liked farming and was the first to get his corn planted and had the largest and earliest garden in Humboldt. Since his wife's death he has made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Walter Burtiss, at Iola.
Other survivors are two sons, Alvin Wood, Humboldt, and Robert Wood, Moran; six grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild.
Their children: Ina, John, Robert & Alvin.
Siblings: John Thomas, Burgoyne, William Allen, Martha, Richard (Rocky) Wood.
Obit for Wyatt Linder Wood from Humboldt Union edition date Aug 19-26 1954
buried Mt Hope Cem-age 92-ETC-Aug 16, 1954
DEATH TAKES 'DOC 'WOODS, HUMBOLDT PIONEER
Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 at the Johnson Funeral Home for "Doc" Wood, 92, who died Monday afternoon at the McAtee Nursing Home, Iola, where he had been for the past several months.
Wyatt Linder "Doc" Wood was born Feb 17 1862, at Arcola, Illinois, and came to Wilson County with his parents (Martin & Elizabeth Wood) when a small boy; They settled near Fredonia, where he grew up. He married Laura Ann Smith, Oct 13 1886, and soon after their marriage they moved to Humboldt where they lived for more than 60 years. They celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in 1946. His wife died in 1949
Doc Wood was town crayman in the early days in Humboldt, and was also employed in pipeline work in the early oilfield history of Kansas. He liked farming and was the first to get his corn planted and had the largest and earliest garden in Humboldt. Since his wife's death he has made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Walter Burtiss, at Iola.
Other survivors are two sons, Alvin Wood, Humboldt, and Robert Wood, Moran; six grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild.
Their children: Ina, John, Robert & Alvin.
Siblings: John Thomas, Burgoyne, William Allen, Martha, Richard (Rocky) Wood.
buried Mt Hope Cem-age 92-ETC-Aug 16, 1954
DEATH TAKES 'DOC 'WOODS, HUMBOLDT PIONEER
Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 at the Johnson Funeral Home for "Doc" Wood, 92, who died Monday afternoon at the McAtee Nursing Home, Iola, where he had been for the past several months.
Wyatt Linder "Doc" Wood was born Feb 17 1862, at Arcola, Illinois, and came to Wilson County with his parents (Martin & Elizabeth Wood) when a small boy; They settled near Fredonia, where he grew up. He married Laura Ann Smith, Oct 13 1886, and soon after their marriage they moved to Humboldt where they lived for more than 60 years. They celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in 1946. His wife died in 1949
Doc Wood was town crayman in the early days in Humboldt, and was also employed in pipeline work in the early oilfield history of Kansas. He liked farming and was the first to get his corn planted and had the largest and earliest garden in Humboldt. Since his wife's death he has made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Walter Burtiss, at Iola.
Other survivors are two sons, Alvin Wood, Humboldt, and Robert Wood, Moran; six grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild.
Their children: Ina, John, Robert & Alvin.
Siblings: John Thomas, Burgoyne, William Allen, Martha, Richard (Rocky) Wood.
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