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Allen Wood

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[DEC. 2, 2006]  Allen B. "Woody" Wood, 80, of Lincoln died Thursday, Nov. 30, 2006, at 4:40 p.m. at his home.

Visitation will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln. His funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the funeral home.

Burial, with military rites, will be in Union Cemetery.

Mr. Wood was a truck driver for Melvin Trucking and Lincoln Transfer.

He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, from 1944 to 1946.

He was born Jan. 17, 1926, at St. Joseph to John B. and Ella B. Cochran Wood. He married Betty Jean Bunch on Sept. 26, 1953, in Lincoln; she preceded him in death April 6, 1985. He then married Charline M. Hurley on Sept. 7, 1985, in Elkhart; she preceded him in death March 2, 1992.

He is survived by one son, Les R. (and Barbara) Wood of Lincoln; two stepsons, Mark (and Vicki) Hurley of Russellville, Ark., and Charles (and Jeanne) Hurley of Quincy; one brother, Loren (and Mary Ann) Wood of Cook, Minn.; three grandchildren and two stepgrandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

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He was also preceded in death by one son, Chuck Wood; three sisters, Marianne Knott, Lois Ramlow and Iris Elsas; and one stepgranddaughter, Savannah Hurley.

He was of the Christian faith.

He was a member of Teamsters Local 916.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.

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