Thief River Falls - Chester Wood, 79, died Sunday, July 4, 1999 at his home in Thief River Falls.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today (Wednesday, July 7) at Green Funeral Home with Pastor Ollie Urdahl officiating. Alissa Reierson will be the soloist, accompanied by Joyce Halbasch on the organ. Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery.
Visitation will be held today from 9 a.m. until the time of services.
Chester Darwin Wood was born on October 29, 1919 in Bray township of Pennington County, the son of Melvin and Cora (Norman) Wood. He attended the rural District 169 elementary school in Bray township and spent three years at the Northwest School of Agriculture in Crookston. For several summers he worked at Drotts Farm near Viking. He also joined the Civilian Conservation Corp and spent some time working there.
In 1942, Chester began farming in Norden township of Pennington county. While on the farm, he also worked for Arctic Enterprises from 1969 to 1979. He moved into Thief River Falls in 1995.
Chester served on the Norden township board for 27 years.
Survivors include five sisters, Hazel Kron of Lancaster, CA, Helen (Clarence) Mellem of Libby, MT, Jean Wold and Dorothy (Bernard) Wold, both of Thief River Falls, and Betty (Edward) Miller of Defiance, OH; one brother, Robert Wood of Thief River Falls; 30 nieces and nephews; cousins; and special friends, Norman Olson and LeRoy Dusek.
Chester was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Edward and Darrell Wood; two sisters, Evelyn Kron and Harriet Carpenter; and several brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law. A00003B1999JL07