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Riley Arr Wood

Male 1896 - 1976  (79 years)


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  • Name Riley Arr Wood 
    Born 22 Mar 1896  Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 17 Jan 1976 
    Buried Hi Jolly Cemetery, Quartzsite, La Paz County, Arizona Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I7110  Rossville
    Last Modified 24 Jul 2018 

    Father Melvin Richard Wood,   b. 13 May 1866, Cameron, Steuben County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Aug 1936, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Margaret Ann Taylor Wood,   b. 1870,   d. 1900  (Age 30 years) 
    Married 1891 
    Family ID F2402  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Gladys Ernestine Eversole Wood,   b. 23 Sep 1899, Peabody, Marion County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Nov 1982, Beatty, Nye County, Nevada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 1920  Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Floyd Wood,   b. 24 Dec 1919,   d. 26 Dec 1919  (Age 0 years)
     2. Robert E Wood,   b. 28 Aug 1921, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Dec 2010, Bonners Ferry, Boundary County, Idaho Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
     3. Anita Marie Wood Johnson,   b. 22 Feb 1924, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jun 2011, Yerington, Lyon County, Nevada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
    +4. James Riley Wood,   b. 1 May 1929, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. David A Wood,   b. 23 Mar 1941,   d. 21 Dec 1974  (Age 33 years)
     6. Douglas Wood
     7. Virginia Wood Franzen
    Last Modified 24 Jul 2018 14:44:47 
    Family ID F2520  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Hi Jolly Cemetery, Quartzsite, La Paz County, Arizona Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Obituary- Wood, Riley
    Obituary- Wood, Riley
    RILEY A. WOOD
    Riley A. Wood, 79, Beatty, Nev., died Saturday, January 17, 1976 at a hospital. He apparently had a heart attack.

    He was born March 22, 1896, at Rossville, Ks.

    He was married to Gladys Eversole in 1920 at Rossville. She survives. A son, David Wood, died in 1974.

    Survivors, besides his widow, include three sons, Robert Wood, Sandpoint, Ida.; James Wood, Samuels, Ida., and Douglas Wood, Houston, Tex; two daughters, Mrs. Anita Johnson, Beatty, Nev.; and Mrs. Virginia Franzen, Biloxi, Miss.; a brother, Frank Wood, Rossville; a sister, Mrs. Ethel Rezac, St. Marys; 23 grandchildren, and seven great grandchildren.

    Funeral services were Saturday, January 24, at Blythe, Calif., with burial in a Quartzsite, Ariz., cemetery.