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Obituary Notice in Pioneer-Republican of Marengo, Iowa, dated May 16,
1946:
"Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Wood, 83, for many years until
recent months a resident of Marengo were held Sunday afternoon at the
Wesleyan Methodist church, the Rev. W.H. Titus officiating.
Interment was in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Mrs. Woods passed away Thursday at the home of her granddaughter
Mrs. Calvin Moser in Cedar Rapids. The body was brought at once to the
Harrison funeral home.
Mrs. Wood was a daughter of Isaiah and Mary Gould and was born Aug.
25, 1862.
She was united in marriage to William A. Wood on Jan. 3, 1889. To
them were born a son and a daughter, both of whom have preceded their
mother in death.
Among those who survive are four granddaughters, Mrs. Charles Ball
of Haviland, Kan., Mrs. Evered Smith of Pella, Mrs. Clarence Schumacher
of East Moline, Ill., and Mrs. Calvin Moser of Cedar Rapids."