Edwin “Ed” L. Wood, 75, formerly of Americus died on Friday, July 31, 2015 at the St. Francis Hospital in Topeka.
Ed was born on May 13, 1940; the son of Glen and Irene Owings Wood. He married Donna Brooks on July 1, 1966 in Emporia. She survives.
Other survivors include: sister, June Casteel of Pollock, Missouri, and Carolyn Parcel of Unionville, Missouri; two half-sisters; two half-brothers; two stepsisters; five stepbrothers; and many nieces and nephews.
He is preceded in death by his parents, and a sister Shirley Niles.
Ed worked for Didde’s for over 30 years and was then a school bus driver for USD 253 for 10 years. He served in the United States Air Force and was a member of Ball-McColm Post #5 American Legion; he also belonged to the HAMM radio club.
Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, August 4, 2015 at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, Emporia. Visitation will be Monday evening from 7:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. at the funeral home. Interment with military honors by Ball-McColm Post #5 American Legion and Lowry Funston Post # 1980, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will be at Americus Cemetery, Americus, Kansas.
Memorial contributions to the Americus Township Cemetery may be sent in care of Robert-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, Emporia. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Edwin L. Wood, please visit our flower store.
Ed was born on May 13, 1940; the son of Glen and Irene Owings Wood. He married Donna Brooks on July 1, 1966 in Emporia. She survives.
Other survivors include: sister, June Casteel of Pollock, Missouri, and Carolyn Parcel of Unionville, Missouri; two half-sisters; two half-brothers; two stepsisters; five stepbrothers; and many nieces and nephews.
He is preceded in death by his parents, and a sister Shirley Niles.
Ed worked for Didde’s for over 30 years and was then a school bus driver for USD 253 for 10 years. He served in the United States Air Force and was a member of Ball-McColm Post #5 American Legion; he also belonged to the HAMM radio club.
Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, August 4, 2015 at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, Emporia. Visitation will be Monday evening from 7:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. at the funeral home. Interment with military honors by Ball-McColm Post #5 American Legion and Lowry Funston Post # 1980, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will be at Americus Cemetery, Americus, Kansas.
Memorial contributions to the Americus Township Cemetery may be sent in care of Robert-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, Emporia. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Edwin L. Wood, please visit our flower store.
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