The Funeral Service for
Vernon
J. Wood of
Albert Lea
, will be held at
11:30 A.M. on Friday, January 2, 2009 at Bonnerup Funeral Service, Albert Lea.
Chaplain Jeff Laeger-Hagemeister will officiate.
Interment will be in
Hillcrest
Cemetery
.
Visitation will be one hour before services at the funeral home.
Vernon
died at the
Albert Lea
Medical
Center
on Sunday, December 28, 2008 surrounded by the love of his family.
Vernon John was born on August 24, 1934 at Lake City,
Minnesota
the son of John Rubin and Lillian (Farrand) Wood.
He married Anita M. Johnson on December 16, 1950.
Vernon
was an
Albert Lea
resident all of his life except for May of 1976 until
July of 1988 when he lived in N.E. Mason City,
Iowa
. During this time he and Anita
owned Camp-At-The-Woods Campground until his health had him returning to Albert Lea.
He had been employed by Scotsman (formerly Queen Stoves) for 35 years retiring in December of 1987.
He had also served as the financial
secretary for the United Steel Workers Union #3539 for which he had been a member from 1952-1988.
He was also a member
of Moose Lodge
#1703 since 1962 where he was a member of the Degree Team and was a past Governor.
He is survived by his wife Anita (Johnson) Wood, of
Albert Lea
, four daughters:
Vickie (Steve) Seul of Albert Lea, Linda Geyen of Bloomington, MN, Kathy Van Riper of Rochester, MN, and Debbie ( Jay) Flink of Albert Lea; grandchildren Jenna (Matthew) Olivero, Jamie
(Jason) Kormanik, Christopher Seul, Daniel (Liz) Geyen, Blake Geyen and fiancé Mandy Thelen, Kimberly (Jim) Sash, Elizabeth (Eric) Miller, Luke (Angie)
Brech, Preston Flink, Kitty Flink, great
grandchildren: Anthony, Blaine and
Logan
Olivero, Nathaniel, Madeline, Ashlynn, Alexander and William Sash, Barrett and Gunner Geyen; sister Shirley and
(Herbert) Handt of New York Mills, MN; sister-in-law Diane (Steve) Lundberg of Atlanta, Georgia, brother-in-law Kevin (Jean) Johnson of Hutchinson, Minnesota, several nieces and nephews, special friends Jerry and Dorothy Weber and Bob and Joyce Dombroske.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents, his parents Lillian (Farrand) and John R. Wood, brother-in-law James Estes and in-laws Welden and Cylvia (Brooks) Johnson, several aunts, uncles and cousins.
