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Eli Milan Wood

25 Jan 1868 – 21 Nov 1943

Birth	25 Jan 1868
Death	21 Nov 1943
Cemetery	Fairview Cemetery Jasper County , Iowa , USA
Added by	Ron Steenhoek on 05 Dec 2022
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42342183

Bio

Eli Wood, 75, retired farmer and life long resident of Jasper county, died at his home in Monroe at 6:30 am Sunday of a heart ailment and complications. Ill for several months Mr. Wood's death followed the development of pneumonia for which he had received treatment in the Skiff Memorial Hospital at Newton. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday at 1:30 pm at Tool's Chapel Church with the Rev. Forrest Moore, former Tool's Chapel pastor officiating. A brief service will be held in Monroe at 1:00. Interment will be in Fairview Cemetery. One of a family of 11 children he was born Jan. 25, 1868 at Monroe. He was born in a log house four miles east of Monroe and at the age of 13 moved into another log house on a farm of 55 acres on which there were 5 log home. On Feb. 1, 1893 at Monroe, he was united in marriage to Ida Belle George and 9 children were born to the couple, of whom six are living; Mrs. Ray Broderson, Newton; Mrs. F.L. Guppaulrs, Newton; Mrs. Jake Berkenbosch, and Edmund Wood, both of Monroe; Mrs. Rena Reese, of Des Moines, and Mrs. Bertha Rose, Spokane, Wash; Mr. and Mrs. Wood had resided on a farm until 7 years ago when they moved to Monroe to make their home. Monday, Feb 1, the couple presided at an open house in celebration of their Golden Wedding Anniversary with all their children joining them for the occasion.

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Family

Parents

• Wesley Wood 1829–1915
• Nancy Ann Gant Wood 1836–1922

Spouse

• Ida Belle George Wood 1875–1957

Siblings

• Rebecca Elizabeth Wood Tool 1855–1931
• Corilla Annie Wood Rohrer 1858–1932
• Mary Jane Wood Porter 1861–1943
• John Wesley Wood 1866–1933
• Bertha Ann Wood Reese 1869–1944
• Rhesa Urban "Reece" Wood 1871–1924
• Lucinda Alice "Peg" Wood Berkenbosch 1873–1956
• Yensa Orena "Rena" Wood Reese 1874–1951
• Edmond Romayne Wood 1877–1951
• Nancy Ellen Wood 1880–1920

Children

• Clarence Orval Wood 1893–1938
• Blanche Orena Wood Brodersen 1895–1992
• Pearl Mabin Wood Gunsaulus 1898–1975
• Grace M Wood 1903–1904
• Ivy Irene Wood Dingeman 1905–2001
• Dale Herbert Wood 1907–1975
• Mabel Wood Sellers 1910–2013
• Harold Ely Wood 1912–1912
• Bert Allwin Wood 1913–1986

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