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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Orville Dale Wood
Orville Dale
Wood
February 14, 1919 – December 22, 2008
Orville Dale Wood's Obituary
ORVILLE D. WOOD
ADA-Services for Orville Dale Wood, 89, Ada, are 11:00 a.m. Friday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Gary Jamar will officiate. Burial will follow at Rosedale Cemetery. The Chickasaw Honor Guard will conduct military honors at the cemetery.
Mr. Wood died Monday, December 22, 2008 at a local hospital. He was born February 14, 1919 at Forsythe, Missouri to John William and Amy Matilda Stevens Wood. At the age of two, he moved with his family to Ada, Oklahoma. Orville attended school at Vanoss, Jones Chapel (Little Red Schoolhouse), Pickett and Byng. After serving in World War II and Korea he received a Bachelors of Science degree in Industrial Arts and Education in 1959 and a Masters in Education in 1966. He married Aline Cook on October 29, 1943.
Orville served in World War II from 1940 until 1945 with the 342nd Field Artillery Battalion, AUS with tour of duty in Europe. Some of his command posts were in France, Germany and Austria. He served in the Korean Conflict with the 45th Division, 171st Field Artillery Battalion from 1950 until 1952 as a Captain.
After World War II he went to work for Hazel Atlas, now Owens-Illinois Glass Company as a mould maker and returned there after the Korean Conflict. He was transferred by Brockway Glass to the Lapel, Indiana plant in 1966 where he worked as mould shop supervisor. Upon his retirement in 1984, he and his wife moved back to Ada. Orville was a member of Oak Avenue Baptist Church.
On October 29, 1943, he married Aline Cook.
Survivors include his wife of 65 years, Aline Wood, of the home; two daughters, Sharon Beasley and husband Ron, Ada, and Kay Jordan and husband Johnny, all of Ada; two grandsons, Ronnie Jordan and wife Dana, Blanchard and Jamie Phillips and wife Amanda, Sherman, TX; two granddaughters, Amy Arrington and husband Rob, Norman, and Shannon Cutler and husband Chris, Ada; great grandchildren, Beau and Josh Jordan, Zac and Brandon Arrington, Kylie and Kennedi Cutler, and Paige Phillips.
He was preceded in death by his parents, an infant brother and brothers, Raymond Wood and Glen Wood.
Bearers will be Ronnie Jordan, Jamie Phillips, Beau Jordan, Rob Arrington, Chris Cutler, and Terry Jordan. Honorary bearers will be Onus Jordan and the members of the 45th National Guard 171th Field Artillery Battalion.
Criswell Funeral Home, Ada
ADA-Services for Orville Dale Wood, 89, Ada, are 11:00 a.m. Friday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Gary Jamar will officiate. Burial will follow at Rosedale Cemetery. The Chickasaw Honor Guard will conduct military honors at the cemetery.
Mr. Wood died Monday, December 22, 2008 at a local hospital. He was born February 14, 1919 at Forsythe, Missouri to John William and Amy Matilda Stevens Wood. At the age of two, he moved with his family to Ada, Oklahoma. Orville attended school at Vanoss, Jones Chapel (Little Red Schoolhouse), Pickett and Byng. After serving in World War II and Korea he received a Bachelors of Science degree in Industrial Arts and Education in 1959 and a Masters in Education in 1966. He married Aline Cook on October 29, 1943.
Orville served in World War II from 1940 until 1945 with the 342nd Field Artillery Battalion, AUS with tour of duty in Europe. Some of his command posts were in France, Germany and Austria. He served in the Korean Conflict with the 45th Division, 171st Field Artillery Battalion from 1950 until 1952 as a Captain.
After World War II he went to work for Hazel Atlas, now Owens-Illinois Glass Company as a mould maker and returned there after the Korean Conflict. He was transferred by Brockway Glass to the Lapel, Indiana plant in 1966 where he worked as mould shop supervisor. Upon his retirement in 1984, he and his wife moved back to Ada. Orville was a member of Oak Avenue Baptist Church.
On October 29, 1943, he married Aline Cook.
Survivors include his wife of 65 years, Aline Wood, of the home; two daughters, Sharon Beasley and husband Ron, Ada, and Kay Jordan and husband Johnny, all of Ada; two grandsons, Ronnie Jordan and wife Dana, Blanchard and Jamie Phillips and wife Amanda, Sherman, TX; two granddaughters, Amy Arrington and husband Rob, Norman, and Shannon Cutler and husband Chris, Ada; great grandchildren, Beau and Josh Jordan, Zac and Brandon Arrington, Kylie and Kennedi Cutler, and Paige Phillips.
He was preceded in death by his parents, an infant brother and brothers, Raymond Wood and Glen Wood.
Bearers will be Ronnie Jordan, Jamie Phillips, Beau Jordan, Rob Arrington, Chris Cutler, and Terry Jordan. Honorary bearers will be Onus Jordan and the members of the 45th National Guard 171th Field Artillery Battalion.
Criswell Funeral Home, Ada
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