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Barbara Brandt Wood
Dec 31,1921 May 4, 2019 New Canaan – Barbara Brandt Wood, a fifty-five year resident of New Canaan, passed away Sunday, May 4th in Palm City, FL. She was 97 years old, and in good health until the very end.
Born in 1921 in New York City, Barbara lived in La Jolla, CA, Bremerton, WA, Newport and Jamestown, RI. A passionate student and researcher, she graduated from Smith College in 1943 with a BA, and Harvard University with a Master's in fine arts in 1948.
She served in the US Navy as a Wave from 1943 to 1945 where she taught Ships, Aircraft and Ordinance Identification at the Naval Midshipman's school and then became a Cartographer drawing and updating Naval Invasion Charts in Washington, DC.
In 1945, Barbara married Leighton C. "Huck" Wood, a fellow Naval Officer and PT boat squadron commander who served primarily in the Pacific Theater from 1942 through 1945.
In 1958, Huck and Barbara moved to New Canaan, CT where Barbara lived until 2015 when she moved to Palm City, Florida. While living in New Canaan, Barbara was a member of the New Canaan Garden Club of America where she was the Conservation Chairman, Secretary and Photography Chairman. She was also a member of the New Canaan Historical Society and served as a docent for local school students at the Hanford-Silliman House.
Barbara was a member of the Board of Governors of the New Canaan Country Club and a member of the Conanicut Yacht Club in Jamestown, RI. She was an avid tennis and paddle tennis player, golfer and skier at the family ski house in Stratton Mountain, VT.
She traveled the world, often on archeological digs with the National Geographic Society, and shared her knowledge at the Wilton Senior Center, Waveny Senior Center and Lifetime learners at Norwalk Community College.
Barbara is survived by her three sons and daughters-in-law, six grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren: Christopher and Sarah Wood and their two daughters Meghan and Liza, Edmund and Christina Wood and their daughter Katarina and son Sebastian, and lastly Alexander and Bambi Wood and daughter Brooke and son Todd.
A celebration of Barbara's life will be held in Jamestown, RI in August of this year.
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I regret learning only recently of Barbara's passing. She and I met in the late 70's when we returned from overseas to live in New Canaan and she found out I knew how to hit a tennis ball. She introduced me to a wonderful tennis group. That relationship matured into a friendship, one I treasure even though my family and I headed back overseas after four short years in New Canaan. Friends like Barbara made it hard to leave. She was remarkable for her wide interests and the number of things she just did well. We managed to drop in at her house in Jamestown one tine but nobody was home! We had better luck when we visited her in Florida a few years ago, a wonderful reunion. I miss her even as our life overseas and now our home in Seattle took us far away for so many years. I was blessed to have those years in New Canaan and the opportunity to know her as a friend. I am sure her family misses her terribly.
Sandy Driscoll
Friend
July 23, 2020
Barbara was an amazing woman. I am so sorry for your loss.
Kathy Morley
July 7, 2019
Barbara was such an amazing woman. I am so sorry for your loss.
Kathy Morley
July 7, 2019
I always enjoyed Barbara's intelligence. You always learned something new! She was a great participant in the New Canaan Garden Club and that is where I knew her from.
Ellen Zumbach
Acquaintance
June 30, 2019
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