Dean Franklin Wood

Dean F. Wood, 88, passed away January 17, 2005 at Lakeview Hospital in Bountiful, Utah, surrounded by his beloved wife and family. Dean was born in Garland, Utah, October 31, 1916, to Willard LeGrand and Electa Hall Wood. He attended schools in Garland and Bear River High School. He married the love of his life, Evelyn Brown on June 1, 1938, in the Logan LDS Temple. They are the proud parents of three daughters, Judean deceassed; Geraldean Quane Kenyon, Boise, Idaho; Geneal John Newman, Alpine, Utah; Willard Tonya Wood, Springville, Utah; Scott Melissa Wood, Rexburg, Idaho. Dean was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. Dean served in the Hawaiian Islands during WWII and worked at Fort Douglass Utah for 35 years. He worked as the Fort Douglass Fire Chief and Fire and Safety Engineer. He also served as the Bishop of the Colonial Hills 2nd Ward in Hillside Stake, and held many other Church callings. He and his wife served a two-year welfare mission for the Liberty Stake in Salt Lake City. He enjoyed 12 great years as a Temple Worker in the Ogden and Bountiful Temples. He will be remembered for the many fishing trips to Strawberry Lake to his tiny cabin. He was an avid hunter and fisherman. He taught many young men the fundamentals of safe hunting and successful fishing. Dean is survived by his wife of 67 years, his two daughters, two sons, 14 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren, one sister, Erla Reed, and two sister-in-laws, Elizabeth Wood and Virgina Brown. He was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Judean, his parents; three brothers, LeGrand Wood, Mark Wood, and Darold Wood; one sister, Merle Choate; a son-in-law, L. Glade Dunn; a sister-in-law Melva Brown; and brother-in-law, Knowlton H. Brown. As a family, we wish to thank the gracious staff of the Lakeview Hospital and the Vista Care Hospice staff; they all worked hard to make Dad's last days as comfortable as possible. Funeral services will be held at the Farmington Rock Church located at 272 North Main, Farmington, Utah on Saturday, January 22, 2005 at 12:00 noon. A viewing will be held that morning from 10:00-11:45 a.m. Interment will be at the Garland Cemetery with full military honors presented by the Combined Veterans of Box Elder County.