Wahkiakum Eagle-January 1997

WOOD, Charles 'Fred'
	
  Age 68, former local resident, died of cancer at home.  He was
born in Bremerton, to Irving and Marion Wood.  In 1930 the
family moved to Puget Island, where he grew up and graduated
from Wahkiakum High School in 1947.  After serving in the 
Army during the Korean War, he returned to the Cathlamet
area.
  On January 18, 1955, he and Betty Fornshell were married
in Carrington, N. D.  They moved from Cathlamet to Longview
in 1962.  He was employed by Weyerhaeuser Co. until 1979
and then by the Cowlitz County Road Department until his
retirement in 1993, when the Woods moved to Grapeview,
northeast of Shelton.
  While in the Longview and Cathlamet areas, he was
active in the Boy Scouts, the Cathlamet Fire Department,
Cowlitz Fire District 2 and the Longview United Methodist
church.  He was past master of Pentalpha Lodge No. 276
and past patron of the Longview Order of Eastern Star
Chapter 206.  Other memberships included the Shelton
United Methodist church, Longview Masonic Lodge No. 263,
Mapel Chapter 218 Order of Eastern Star, Longview
American Legion Post 155, and the Tramper Sams RV
Club of Shelton.  He loved to work, help others and tell
stories of his past experiences with friends and family.
  Survivors are his wife, Betty, at home; two daughters,
Gayle Fletcher of Gig Harbor, and Janelle Knutson of
Vancouver; a son, Bruce Wood of Portland; five grand-
children; and several other relatives and friends.
  Cremation has taken place in Seattle.  A memorial
service was held Saturday in Longview.

Cremation- Longview Memorial Park- Longview, Wa.
23 Aug 1928- 15 Jan 1997
(As transcribed by the Wahkiakum County Historical Society Museum)