Edna P. Wood
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Edna P. Wood

  • January 13, 2012
  • Albuquerque, New Mexico
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“Dearest Cousins John, Douglass, Dolly and Dana; May the pain of your loss be softened in the knowledge that sweet Edna is with her love once again....Read More » ”
1 of 6 | Posted by: Nicole Jetté - IL - Grand Niece

“Dolly, I am keeping your family in my prayers and thoughts during this difficult time. Hopefully all of the wonderful memories you had with your...Read More » ”
2 of 6 | Posted by: Teri "Uhlmansiek" Driscoll - NM

“I met Edna Wood at her house in Albuquerque about six years ago, when I was connecting with her daughter Dolly, who I hadn't seen in about 25 years....Read More » ”
3 of 6 | Posted by: Gaye Brown - Gallup, NM

“I was so blessed to see Aunt Edna and John this past July over lunch in Albuquerque. Cary and I enjoyed talking about about her travels and time in...Read More » ”
4 of 6 | Posted by: Mark Thomas - Rockville, MD

Carl A. Taylor “Our family will keep you all in our prayers -Carl A. Taylor ”
5 of 6 | Posted by: Carl A. Taylor - Salt Lake City, UT

“On behalf of the French Family of Companies, we express our deepest condolences. ”
6 of 6 | Posted by: Harold Hamilton - Albuquerque, NM


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Edna P. Wood passed peacefully from this life on 13 January 2012 at the age of 94. She was born in Fremont Co., Riverton, WY, in a little white house which her father built. She was the second-oldest member of the Northern Arapahoe tribe. She used to ride her horse, "Dollar Bill", bareback to school, and bathed in the Ft. Washakie hot springs. In 1934, Edna graduated from Fremont County Vocational High School (Lander, WY). She attended Haskell Institute in Lawrence Kansas, graduating with a diploma from the Commercial Department. She then went to Washington D.C. to work at the B.I.A., in the Education Department, for Director Dr. Willard Beatty. The B.I.A. offices, including Edna, were transferred to Chicago during WWII. During the war, Edna enlisted in the Navy Waves, attended boot camp at Hunter College in the Bronx, and became a Seaman 1st class, working in the Information Department. She returned to the B.I.A. after the war. In 1948, she married Everett Wood, also a WWII veteran and B.I.A. employee, at the Episcopal Church across from the White House. Everett eventually became the B.I.A.'s Chief of Credit for the Navajo Nation, in Window Rock, AZ. Everett and Edna continued to enjoy living in Gallup, until they moved to Albuquerque in 2004. Edna completed a General Studies degree from the University of New Mexico in 1976. Edna is survived by four children, John, Douglas and Dana in Albuquerque and Charlene (Dolly) Delaunay in Arapahoe, WY; and three grandchildren. The family is very appreciative of the professional care that Everett and Edna received from the Albuquerque VA hospital. Friends may visit on Tuesday, January 17 from 10:30 a.m. followed by a Service at 11:00 a.m. at French - University Chapel. Although Edna loved flowers, please consider donations to the American Indian College Fund, www.collegefund.org.