Annie Elizabeth Child Wood [1860-1947]

Unidentified Newspaper Obituary

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  Annie Elizabeth Child was born in Wilton Township, Waseca County, Minnesota, on 8 January 1860.  She was married to Frank Adams Wood, the son of Nathan Wood and Ellen Adams, on 26 January 1884 in Waseca, Minnesota, by the Rev. H. C. Jennings.  Frank was forn in Gardner, Massachusetts, on 14 September 1855.  He died on 12 November 1951 at the age of 96 years, 8 weeks and 2 days.  Annie Child Wood died in Waseca on 20 March 1947 at Memorial Hospital from a paralytic stroke on 15 November 1838.  Funeral services were held at the Pfaff Funeral Chapel with the Rev. M. Green officiating and burial was made in the Woodville Cemetery.

  Annie attended school in Waseca and went on to graduate from the Mankato Teachers' College.  She lived in Waseca all her life, becoming very interested in civic affairs and being identified with many community improvements.  She taught school for a number of years after she was married and both high school and grade school students came to know her.  Annied worked at the Waseca Herald which her father edited and assisted her father who compiled and wrote Child's History of Waseca County.  She was a member of many clubs and very often one of the original members of local organizations.  She was active during her life in the Monday Study Club, the Eastern Star, W.C.T.U., Waseca County Historical Association and the Past Worthy Matrons Club of the Eastern Star.