WOOD

HOLTON- Minnie "Ruth" Wood, 92, of Holton, died Sunday, August 13, 2006 at Medicalodges Jackson County.
She was born December 28, 1913 in Ogden, KS, the daughter of Richard Edgar and Mary Christina Smith Taylor. She graduated from Dwight High School in Dwight, KS and lived in Dwight until 1934. She lived in Enterprise, KS and later in Talmage, KS for many years. She had also lived in Valley Falls, KS for a short time and moved to Holton from Abilene in 1995. She was a homemaker.
Mrs. Wood was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Abilene.
She was married to Raymond L. Engle on June 1, 1935 in Enterprise, KS. They were later divorced and he died in 1961. She was married to Earl Wood on October 15, 1957 in Salina, KS. He died August 8, 1974.
She is survived by her daughter, Ruth Mary Pace and her husband, Harold of Holton, her step-son, Lloyd Wood of LaQuinta, CA; 2 step-daughters, Earlene Gawith and Darlene Kopple both of Salina, KS; 3 sisters, Dorothy Gish of Enterprise, KS, Marjorie Jones of McPherson, KS and Mary Fiedler of Abilene, KS, a brother, Rev. Richard Taylor of Berryton, KS and many grandchildren.
Services will be 1:30 p.m. Thursday, August 17, 2006 at the First United Methodist Church of Abilene, KS. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery at Enterprise, KS. Family will greet friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday evening at the Mercer Funeral Home in Holton. Memorials may be given to the First United Methodist Church at Abilene c/o Mercer Funeral Home, Box 270, Holton, KS 66436. Online condolences are available at www.mercerfuneralhomes.com