Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Wood, Robert Frank, Sr. 2009
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Greenville Daily News, 21 Mar 2009

Belding’s native son, Robert Frank Wood Sr., 93, entered the grace of our Lord
Thursday afternoon March 19, 2009, at Spectrum Health United Hospital Long Term
Care Unit in Greenville.  Robert was born May 14, 1915, in Belding, the son of
William and Nell Wood.

He graduated from the Belding High School with the class of 1933 and was senior
class president.  He proudly served his country in the United States Army during
World War II in the South Pacific.  For many years he owned Wood’s Men’s and
Boys Wear, an icon of Belding’s Main Street.  He was a past member of the
Belding Lions Club, the Holy Name Society, the Knights of Columbus, Belding VFW
Post 4406 and the American Legion Post 203 of Belding.  Bob also was a member of
St. Joseph Catholic Church, where he was baptized, confirmed, married and will
have his mass of Christian burial celebrated.  Bob was also a talented and
accomplished artist who did many wonderful drawings during his life and enjoyed
his membership in the Belding Arts Club.  He was an avid stamp collector.  Bob
was a wonderfully creative and colorful husband, father and grandfather; he was
blessed with a real creative spirit in both his art, his outlook on life and his
hilarious dry wit.  In true Bob Wood fashion he wrote his own tongue in cheek
obituary, it began, “coincidentally I was born on my birthday, May 14, 1915.” 
He had a lifelong love of family, hiking and nature.  God only made one Robert
Wood.  He was married on Sept. 30, 1948, in Belding to Janet Kohn and they
recently celebrated 60 years of marriage.

Janet survives along with their children, Tom and Deborah Wood of Grand Rapids,
Beth and David Mahar of Dowagiac, Chris and Terry Gavitt of Belding, Jana Wood
of Grand Rapids, Bob Jr. and Stacey Wood of Memphis, Tenn., Mike and Angie Wood
of Belding; 14 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and sister-in-law, Rosemary
Wood of Grand Rapids.  He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers,
Bill Wood Jr., Tommy Wood; and one son, Tim Wood.

Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph’s Catholic
Church with Fr. Fred Brucker Presiding.  Burial will follow in St. Joseph’s
Cemetery.  Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at
Johnson-Feuerstein Funeral Home, Belding, with a Rosary prayed at 7:30 p.m. 
Memorial contributions may be given to the ALS of West Michigan or a charity
that supports conservation and wildlife.


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