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Visitation:
1-3 p.m. Saturday, February 10, 2018 at Holland
Barry & Bennett Funeral Home
Service:
3 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home
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Mary Catherine Wood, 64, of
Lincoln, passed away February 5, 2018 at Abraham
Lincoln Memorial Hospital.
Visitation will be from 1-3 p.m. Saturday, February
10, 2018 at Holland Barry & Bennett Funeral Home.
Funeral services will follow at 3 p.m. also at the
funeral home. Cremation rites will then be accorded.
There will be no burial at this time.
Mary was born October 12, 1953 in Evansville, IN.,
the daughter of Arthur Gobel Neal and Myrtle
(Phillips) Neal. She married Samuel Wood on October
9, 1969. He preceded her in death on June 2, 2002.
She was an avid gardener. Mary enjoyed canning
fruits and various jams and jellies. She enjoyed a
good book, especially romance novels. Her family was
the center of her life. She would do anything for
her family and especially enjoyed spending time with
her grandchildren. Mary was selfless and always put
others first. She will be greatly missed by all who
knew and loved her. |
Surviving are her children: Geoffrey
Wood of Chicago, Nehemiah “Nick” Wood ( fiancé Tina
Hjerpe) of Streator, Alyshia (Bob) Thomas of
Atlanta, and Sonja Wood of Lincoln, step children:
Randy (Jasmin) Wood of Round Lake Beach, Natalie
Wood of Round Lake Beach, Robert Dall (Wood) of
California, and Leslie (Sandra) Wood of Missouri,
seven grandchildren; several great-grandchildren;
and siblings: Charles (Teresa) Neal of Indiana, Leon
(Missy) Neal of Indiana, Dorothy Moody (Billy
Border) of Missouri, and Cloral “Smiley” Neal of
Indiana.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband,
son Nigel Wood, step son Daryl Wood, sisters Ruby
Worthington, Blanche Petersen, and Sarah
Christiansen, and brothers Joe Neal and Arthur
William “Pete” Neal.
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