Willard Elton Wood
WWII U.S. Navy Veteran

Willard Elton Wood, 82 of Leonardtown, MD died at his home on Saturday, May 28, 2005.

Born January 6, 1923 in Weston, Ohio, he was the son of the late Thomas Byron and Maude Craft Wood.

Mr. Wood was a U.S. Navy veteran. After leaving the service he was employed at General Motors as a disc brake inspector and later worked at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship in the security department retiring in 1988.

He is survived by his wife, Ellen Marie (Polly) Wood and one sister, Ethel Baer of Toledo, Ohio. He was preceded in death by three sisters, Lucille Austin, Mary Louise Lareau and June Wood and five brothers, Donald, Oliver, Stanley, Arthur and Benton Wood.

The family will receive friends Tuesday, May 31, 2005 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Brinsfield Funeral Home, 22955 Hollywood Road, Leonardtown, MD. A funeral service will be conducted on Wednesday, June 1 at 11:00 a.m. in the Brinsfield Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Bruce Wietzke , pastor of Shepherd of the Bay Lutheran Church, Hollywood, will officiate. Interment will follow in Charles Memorial Gardens with John Meyers, Willard Sipiells, John Baran, John Crawford, James Kopishke, Thomas Sanger, Tom Croson and Donald Cryer serving as pallbearers.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of St. Mary’s, P.O. box 625, Leonardtown, MD 20650 or the Leonardtown Vol. Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 229, Leonardtown, MD 20650.