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Don Wood Obituary
Dr. Don Clifton Wood, 92 passed away in Sandy, Utah on July 6, 2015 peacefully in his sleep.
He was born March 25, 1923, in Farmington, Utah to Clifton B. Wood and Iva Smith Wood. He attended Davis county schools, graduating from Davis High School. Don graduated with a bachelors and masters degree from Brigham Young University and a PhD from Cornell University. Don joined the Marine Corps in March 1942. Following his 4 year service, he married Verna Geneal Lundgreen March 21, 1946 in the Salt Lake Temple. After 45 years of happy marriage Geneal died from cancer. On June 18, 1993, Don married Wanda Lambourne Moore. He and Wanda were married for 17 wonderful years before her passing in October 2010.
Don was a lifelong member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and has served in numerous callings, including bishop of the Val Verda Ward in Bountiful, Stake President in Portland, Oregon and Tampa Florida and as President of the Northwestern States Mission. He served as a temple ordinance worker and sealer in the Salt Lake City, Jordan River, Tongan and Atlanta temples. He also served as Patriarch of the Millcreek Stake.
He spent 21 years in academia teaching and doing medical research. He later accepted new challenges in industry serving as vice president of marketing for Medlab, in Salt Lake City and project director for Compucare, in Florida. He then returned to Salt Lake City as one of the founding officers functioning as Senior Vice President and director of marketing at ARUP.
Don is survived by his brother, Paul Wood, sister, LaRue Wood Francis, brother-in-law Don Jardine; and four children, Diana Wood Abbott, Jeffrey D. Wood (Patricia), Julianne Wood Felshaw (John), Marcus C. Wood (Diane); 21 grandchildren and 48 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife Geneal and his second wife Wanda; daughter, Paula Wood Hyde and son-in-law Brent Hyde; and son-in-law Garth Abbott. He was also preceded in death by his father and mother, Clifton and Iva Wood and sister, Carol Wood Jardine; brother-in-law Rell Francis and sister-in-law Carolyn Wood.
Funeral services will be held July 11, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. at the LDS Millcreek Stake Center, 4200 South 420 East, Salt Lake City. There will be a viewing at 11:00 a.m., prior to funeral services. Interment will be in the Farmington City Cemetery at 3:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the LDS Church Perpetual Education Fund or the LDS Church Missionary Fund. Online guest book at www.russonmortuary.com.
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Joan Maiers
July 28, 2015
My sympathy goes out to family and friends of Don Wood, whom I had the honor of knowing while I worked at Providence Hospital, Portland, Oregon.
Max and Deborah Kimball
July 20, 2015
To Elder Wood's family:
We in the Atlanta Temple loved serving with your Dad and with Sister Wood. They add a spirit of joy to the work. We all feel much richer, much more blessed with our association together in those Camelot times. Thank you for sharing with us. We look forward to serving with him again.
July 11, 2015
This great man, President Wood, was such a tremendous influence in my life that I cannot choose the proper words to express that influence. As my mission president in the Northwestern States Mission, now over 50 years ago, he taught me so much and exerted such an influence in my life that I will forever be indebted to him and to Sister Wood. To the children and grandchildren, I want you to know I love you and that my love for President and Sister Wood is much like that of many, many other Northwestern States missionaries. May our Father in Heaven be with all of you.
Elder John Melvin Dodd
Gilmer, Texas
Nancy Andes
July 11, 2015
My thoughts and prayers are with the Wood family. Don was a dear friend and my mentor during our time together at ARUP. He touched many lives in a very positive way. God bless you my dear friend!
Fred and Dalene Teichert
July 10, 2015
Our family loves Don and we have many wonderful memories of him. He was a man of noble dignity and character and was an example of living the pure love of Christ. He sealed our adopted granddaughter to her parents, and was a dear friend. He was a great presence in our lives and we cherish the time we had together.
E. David Swalberg
July 10, 2015
I am so grateful to have known your father. He was not only my mission president when I was a young missionary, but also a good friend and co worker in the laboratory management field. He volunteered to come into our laboratory at Cottonwood Hospital in Murray, Utah and we hir d him to do just that. He was such a wonderful leader and teacher and motivated our laboratory supervisory staff. As a result of his work, several organizational changes were made and many improvements resulted. Most of all, he became a good friend to each of us. I am sorry I cannot attend his funeral as I am out of town. For me personally, he and his wife, Geneal, were a great influence in my labors as a missionary and throughout the rest of my life. He taught values that have been a great influence to me and my family
E Leroy & Lydia S Berry
July 9, 2015
To Don C Wood; Children & Grand & Great Grand children we are sorry to hear oh his Passing but know he has gone to a better place Also to All the Northwestern States Missionaries 1960 1964 .who were lucky to be under his guidance will miss his sound Advice & Loving direction, We will all so miss him.
He was always checking on them even after he & they were realized. He Would have some of the Elders check on the ones who had health problems to make sure they were OKAY!!!
Allison Felshaw
July 9, 2015
Don and Geneal Wood Family
Amanda Abbott Knox
July 9, 2015
My grandpa has an amazing story. It is hard to decide what his legacy will be, because so many things describe who he was: Marine Sniper in the South Pacific during WWII, Father of five, Husband, Grandfather, Missionary, Patriarch, Temple Sealer, Business Leader, and Friend. But I think the thing he would hope we would remember is that he is a follower of Jesus Christ and that tonight when he returned home to his Maker, he did so having a clear conscience, having lived his life in service of others and in deep concern of the work of the Lord here on earth. He would want us to pull together as a family and continue in faith, that we all might be together again someday in heaven. I love him and I am happy that he is at rest.
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