Keith was married to Johnnie Louise Cossitt for 61 years. They raised two daughters, Kimberlee Wood Colby, Fairfax, Va., and Susan Wood Johnson, Hoffman Estates, Ill. Keith and Johnnie lived in Ottumwa, Iowa, and Moline,IL before moving to Asheville in 1989. He was born in Grass Lake, Mich., on Aug. 23, 1930, to Henry Wayne and Revella Barnes Wood.
Mr. Wood graduated from Michigan State University in 1959 with a B.S. in mechanical engineering, after which he began his 30-year career with Deere & Company, where he was manager of reliability at John Deere Harvester Works in East Moline. Mr. Wood also worked for Haworth Inc., in Holland, Mich., and Dayco Corporation in Waynesville, N.C. He held numerous patents for mechanical design improvements.
Mr. Wood served four years in the Navy during the Korean War. He contributed to his community in numerous ways, including election to the Ottumwa Board of Education and president of his neighborhood civic association. He was a member of Black Mountain Presbyterian Church, where he had served as an elder. He was clerk of session for Broadway Presbyterian Church in Rock Island, and taught Sunday School at First Presbyterian Church in Ottumwa.
His passion was his antique cars, one of which he restored himself. He was a highly skilled bridge player and traveled to all 50 states.
Mr. Wood graduated from Michigan State University in 1959 with a B.S. in mechanical engineering, after which he began his 30-year career with Deere & Company, where he was manager of reliability at John Deere Harvester Works in East Moline. Mr. Wood also worked for Haworth Inc., in Holland, Mich., and Dayco Corporation in Waynesville, N.C. He held numerous patents for mechanical design improvements.
Mr. Wood served four years in the Navy during the Korean War. He contributed to his community in numerous ways, including election to the Ottumwa Board of Education and president of his neighborhood civic association. He was a member of Black Mountain Presbyterian Church, where he had served as an elder. He was clerk of session for Broadway Presbyterian Church in Rock Island, and taught Sunday School at First Presbyterian Church in Ottumwa.
His passion was his antique cars, one of which he restored himself. He was a highly skilled bridge player and traveled to all 50 states.
Keith was married to Johnnie Louise Cossitt for 61 years. They raised two daughters, Kimberlee Wood Colby, Fairfax, Va., and Susan Wood Johnson, Hoffman Estates, Ill. Keith and Johnnie lived in Ottumwa, Iowa, and Moline,IL before moving to Asheville in 1989. He was born in Grass Lake, Mich., on Aug. 23, 1930, to Henry Wayne and Revella Barnes Wood.
Mr. Wood graduated from Michigan State University in 1959 with a B.S. in mechanical engineering, after which he began his 30-year career with Deere & Company, where he was manager of reliability at John Deere Harvester Works in East Moline. Mr. Wood also worked for Haworth Inc., in Holland, Mich., and Dayco Corporation in Waynesville, N.C. He held numerous patents for mechanical design improvements.
Mr. Wood served four years in the Navy during the Korean War. He contributed to his community in numerous ways, including election to the Ottumwa Board of Education and president of his neighborhood civic association. He was a member of Black Mountain Presbyterian Church, where he had served as an elder. He was clerk of session for Broadway Presbyterian Church in Rock Island, and taught Sunday School at First Presbyterian Church in Ottumwa.
His passion was his antique cars, one of which he restored himself. He was a highly skilled bridge player and traveled to all 50 states.
Mr. Wood graduated from Michigan State University in 1959 with a B.S. in mechanical engineering, after which he began his 30-year career with Deere & Company, where he was manager of reliability at John Deere Harvester Works in East Moline. Mr. Wood also worked for Haworth Inc., in Holland, Mich., and Dayco Corporation in Waynesville, N.C. He held numerous patents for mechanical design improvements.
Mr. Wood served four years in the Navy during the Korean War. He contributed to his community in numerous ways, including election to the Ottumwa Board of Education and president of his neighborhood civic association. He was a member of Black Mountain Presbyterian Church, where he had served as an elder. He was clerk of session for Broadway Presbyterian Church in Rock Island, and taught Sunday School at First Presbyterian Church in Ottumwa.
His passion was his antique cars, one of which he restored himself. He was a highly skilled bridge player and traveled to all 50 states.
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