The memorial service for Meri-Jo Stange Wood, 57, formerly of Hull, will be held on Saturday, June 29, 2019, at 10:00 am at St. Paul Lutheran Church of rural Hull. Rev. Aaron Deutsch will officiate and interment of cremains will take place in the church cemetery.
The Oolman Funeral Home assisted the family with arrangements.
Born in the middle of one of the worst snowstorms in Northwest Iowa on February 20, 1962, to Lyle William and Eileen Evelyn (Kosters) Stange in Sioux Center, Iowa, Meri-Jo was a beautiful and vivacious child. She was baptized at St. Paul Lutheran Church of rural Hull and became a child of God. She lived with her family on the farm 3 miles East and 4 ½ miles North of Hull, Iowa, until she was 8 years old.
The family then moved to Sioux City, Iowa, in January of 1970. She was confirmed at Morningside Lutheran Church and attended elementary and high school in the Morningside area of Sioux City, graduating from East High School mid-term in December of 1980. The family then moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Meri-Jo continued her education by attending Laramie County Community College in Cheyenne. She later transferred to Texas A & M in College Station, Texas.
She was united in marriage to Jim Wood of Little Rock, Arkansas, on June 4, 1991, and to this union two children were born: Amanda Eileen and James Lyle.
Always seeking adventure and driven by a desire to help others, Meri-Jo traveled around the United States for much of her life. A hard worker with a heart for people, she worked various jobs and made friends wherever she went. Unfortunately, throughout her life, Meri-Jo struggled with many personal issues which affected her deeply, but she never gave up and never forgot she was God’s child.
Wanting to return home to Iowa, Meri-Jo was in the process of establishing herself in Spencer, Iowa, when she passed away suddenly on March 24, 2019.
She is survived by her daughter Amanda (Zach) Mcgathey and her son James (Megan) Wood both of Lake Placid, Florida; her brother, Michael (Rose) Stange of San Antonio, Texas; her sister Virginia Linneman of Hull; her brother-in-law, Todd Vershowske of Fall River, Wisconsin; several nephews and nieces, and 3 grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her sister Laura Vershowske, and her brother-in-law Michael Linneman.
[Source: Oolman Funeral Home; Hull, IA]
The Oolman Funeral Home assisted the family with arrangements.
Born in the middle of one of the worst snowstorms in Northwest Iowa on February 20, 1962, to Lyle William and Eileen Evelyn (Kosters) Stange in Sioux Center, Iowa, Meri-Jo was a beautiful and vivacious child. She was baptized at St. Paul Lutheran Church of rural Hull and became a child of God. She lived with her family on the farm 3 miles East and 4 ½ miles North of Hull, Iowa, until she was 8 years old.
The family then moved to Sioux City, Iowa, in January of 1970. She was confirmed at Morningside Lutheran Church and attended elementary and high school in the Morningside area of Sioux City, graduating from East High School mid-term in December of 1980. The family then moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Meri-Jo continued her education by attending Laramie County Community College in Cheyenne. She later transferred to Texas A & M in College Station, Texas.
She was united in marriage to Jim Wood of Little Rock, Arkansas, on June 4, 1991, and to this union two children were born: Amanda Eileen and James Lyle.
Always seeking adventure and driven by a desire to help others, Meri-Jo traveled around the United States for much of her life. A hard worker with a heart for people, she worked various jobs and made friends wherever she went. Unfortunately, throughout her life, Meri-Jo struggled with many personal issues which affected her deeply, but she never gave up and never forgot she was God’s child.
Wanting to return home to Iowa, Meri-Jo was in the process of establishing herself in Spencer, Iowa, when she passed away suddenly on March 24, 2019.
She is survived by her daughter Amanda (Zach) Mcgathey and her son James (Megan) Wood both of Lake Placid, Florida; her brother, Michael (Rose) Stange of San Antonio, Texas; her sister Virginia Linneman of Hull; her brother-in-law, Todd Vershowske of Fall River, Wisconsin; several nephews and nieces, and 3 grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her sister Laura Vershowske, and her brother-in-law Michael Linneman.
[Source: Oolman Funeral Home; Hull, IA]
The memorial service for Meri-Jo Stange Wood, 57, formerly of Hull, will be held on Saturday, June 29, 2019, at 10:00 am at St. Paul Lutheran Church of rural Hull. Rev. Aaron Deutsch will officiate and interment of cremains will take place in the church cemetery.
The Oolman Funeral Home assisted the family with arrangements.
Born in the middle of one of the worst snowstorms in Northwest Iowa on February 20, 1962, to Lyle William and Eileen Evelyn (Kosters) Stange in Sioux Center, Iowa, Meri-Jo was a beautiful and vivacious child. She was baptized at St. Paul Lutheran Church of rural Hull and became a child of God. She lived with her family on the farm 3 miles East and 4 ½ miles North of Hull, Iowa, until she was 8 years old.
The family then moved to Sioux City, Iowa, in January of 1970. She was confirmed at Morningside Lutheran Church and attended elementary and high school in the Morningside area of Sioux City, graduating from East High School mid-term in December of 1980. The family then moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Meri-Jo continued her education by attending Laramie County Community College in Cheyenne. She later transferred to Texas A & M in College Station, Texas.
She was united in marriage to Jim Wood of Little Rock, Arkansas, on June 4, 1991, and to this union two children were born: Amanda Eileen and James Lyle.
Always seeking adventure and driven by a desire to help others, Meri-Jo traveled around the United States for much of her life. A hard worker with a heart for people, she worked various jobs and made friends wherever she went. Unfortunately, throughout her life, Meri-Jo struggled with many personal issues which affected her deeply, but she never gave up and never forgot she was God’s child.
Wanting to return home to Iowa, Meri-Jo was in the process of establishing herself in Spencer, Iowa, when she passed away suddenly on March 24, 2019.
She is survived by her daughter Amanda (Zach) Mcgathey and her son James (Megan) Wood both of Lake Placid, Florida; her brother, Michael (Rose) Stange of San Antonio, Texas; her sister Virginia Linneman of Hull; her brother-in-law, Todd Vershowske of Fall River, Wisconsin; several nephews and nieces, and 3 grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her sister Laura Vershowske, and her brother-in-law Michael Linneman.
[Source: Oolman Funeral Home; Hull, IA]
The Oolman Funeral Home assisted the family with arrangements.
Born in the middle of one of the worst snowstorms in Northwest Iowa on February 20, 1962, to Lyle William and Eileen Evelyn (Kosters) Stange in Sioux Center, Iowa, Meri-Jo was a beautiful and vivacious child. She was baptized at St. Paul Lutheran Church of rural Hull and became a child of God. She lived with her family on the farm 3 miles East and 4 ½ miles North of Hull, Iowa, until she was 8 years old.
The family then moved to Sioux City, Iowa, in January of 1970. She was confirmed at Morningside Lutheran Church and attended elementary and high school in the Morningside area of Sioux City, graduating from East High School mid-term in December of 1980. The family then moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Meri-Jo continued her education by attending Laramie County Community College in Cheyenne. She later transferred to Texas A & M in College Station, Texas.
She was united in marriage to Jim Wood of Little Rock, Arkansas, on June 4, 1991, and to this union two children were born: Amanda Eileen and James Lyle.
Always seeking adventure and driven by a desire to help others, Meri-Jo traveled around the United States for much of her life. A hard worker with a heart for people, she worked various jobs and made friends wherever she went. Unfortunately, throughout her life, Meri-Jo struggled with many personal issues which affected her deeply, but she never gave up and never forgot she was God’s child.
Wanting to return home to Iowa, Meri-Jo was in the process of establishing herself in Spencer, Iowa, when she passed away suddenly on March 24, 2019.
She is survived by her daughter Amanda (Zach) Mcgathey and her son James (Megan) Wood both of Lake Placid, Florida; her brother, Michael (Rose) Stange of San Antonio, Texas; her sister Virginia Linneman of Hull; her brother-in-law, Todd Vershowske of Fall River, Wisconsin; several nephews and nieces, and 3 grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her sister Laura Vershowske, and her brother-in-law Michael Linneman.
[Source: Oolman Funeral Home; Hull, IA]
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