Wasco-Marion County OR Archives Obituaries.....Wood, Gilbert Lloyd September 9, 2004
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The Dalles Chronicle, September 21, 2004
     Gilbert Lloyd Wood, 73, a resident of Keizer, died at his residence at 
the Oregon Veteran’s Home in The Dalles, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2004. 
     He was born Feb. 12, 1931 in Dallas, the oldest of three children to 
George Albert and May Bernice (Beardsley) Wood. He was raised in Salem, 
graduating from Salem High School in 1950. 
     He then entered the U.S. Air Force in November 1950 and was discharged in 
November 1970. 
     He returned to the Salem area and worked for Merritt Truax Petroleum 
Products as a dispatch supervisor, retiring in the early 1990’s.
     He was a member of the American Legion, Keizer Elks, having served as the 
chairman of the board, trustee and secretary, and was active with the Elk’s 
Follies. He was a volunteer Keizer fireman for many years, and enjoyed the 
outdoors and camping.
     He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Celestia Harriet (Thayer) Wood, 
Keizer, whom he married on March 27, 1953 in Panama City, Fla.; two daughters, 
Catherine and her husband Phillip Judson and Melissa Wood; a son, Mark and his 
wife Doris Wood; three grandchildren, Elizabeth, Sarah and Megan, all of 
Salem; two sisters, Charolette Smith, Salem; and Helen Youngblood, Olympia, 
Wash.
     Memorial services with Elk’s rites will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, 
Sept. 18, at the Keizer Elk’s Lodge, 4250 Cherry Ave. NE, Keizer, OR 97303. 
     Private cremation was held at The Dalles Win-Quatt Crematory with 
interment of cremains at Willamette National Cemetery in Portland. 
     Memorials may be made to the Oregon Veteran’s Home, 700 Veteran’s Drive, 
The Dalles, OR 97058 or Parkinson Foundation, PO Box 4000, Portland, OR 97208. 
     Smith Callaway Chapel is in care of arrangements. 


Additional Comments:
Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, 
Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006).


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