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Lou Celia <I>Sommers</I> Wood

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Lou "Celia" Sommers Wood

Birth
Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma, USA
Death
23 Nov 2020 (aged 95)
Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma, USA
Burial
Mountain View, Kiowa County, Oklahoma, USA Add to Map
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Husband Lee Wood FAG ID 27908869
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OBITUARY FOR CELIA WOOD

L. Celia Sommers Wood was born December 2, 1924 to Clay Louise Sommers and Ouida Rozena (Henson) Sommers at the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ezekiel Henson, in Lawton, Oklahoma. She passed on November 23, 2020 in Lawton, Oklahoma at the age of 95 years, 50 weeks, and 5 days.

Celia graduated from Cache High School with the class of 1942. She got her first job teaching in a one-room school house in 1943-1944. She continued her teaching career in the towns of Cache, Cooperton, Carnegie and ended her teaching career in Mountain View. She retired in 1982 after teaching a total of thirty-four years.

Celia married the love of her life, Lee C. Wood, on July 1, 1945 at the Holy City Of The Wichita Mountains. They enjoyed fifty-nine long years farming, ranching, and traveling together.

Celia was a lifelong resident of the Saddle Mountain community. She taught hundreds of students in the Comanche, Caddo, and Kiowa counties to read and write.

She is survived by two daughters, Celia Marie Brickell of Saddle Mountain, Oklahoma, Cynthia Jane Wood-Smith and her husband, Eric Smith of Hurst, Texas; one daughter-in-law, Dr. Jo-Ann Harris Wood of Kansas City, Missouri; one sister, Kathryn Shoop of Tuttle, Oklahoma; eight grandchildren, Justin Brickell and his wife, Carol of San Francisco, California, Daniel Harris and his wife, Carrie of San Francisco, California, Dr. Erin Smith and her husband, Erik Nowicki of Colorado Springs, Colorado, Caroline Cooper and her husband, Michael of Portland, Oregon, Gena Smith of Prairieville, Louisiana, Ian Smith and his wife, Kaki of Mesa, Arizona, Kayla Smith of College Station, Texas; two great-grandchildren, Chloe Brickell and Hayley Brickell both of San Francisco, California; numerous nieces and nephews.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Lee C. Wood; son, Clayton Lee Wood; parents, Clay and Ouida Sommers.

There will be no public services. The family will be having a private service.
Husband Lee Wood FAG ID 27908869
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OBITUARY FOR CELIA WOOD

L. Celia Sommers Wood was born December 2, 1924 to Clay Louise Sommers and Ouida Rozena (Henson) Sommers at the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ezekiel Henson, in Lawton, Oklahoma. She passed on November 23, 2020 in Lawton, Oklahoma at the age of 95 years, 50 weeks, and 5 days.

Celia graduated from Cache High School with the class of 1942. She got her first job teaching in a one-room school house in 1943-1944. She continued her teaching career in the towns of Cache, Cooperton, Carnegie and ended her teaching career in Mountain View. She retired in 1982 after teaching a total of thirty-four years.

Celia married the love of her life, Lee C. Wood, on July 1, 1945 at the Holy City Of The Wichita Mountains. They enjoyed fifty-nine long years farming, ranching, and traveling together.

Celia was a lifelong resident of the Saddle Mountain community. She taught hundreds of students in the Comanche, Caddo, and Kiowa counties to read and write.

She is survived by two daughters, Celia Marie Brickell of Saddle Mountain, Oklahoma, Cynthia Jane Wood-Smith and her husband, Eric Smith of Hurst, Texas; one daughter-in-law, Dr. Jo-Ann Harris Wood of Kansas City, Missouri; one sister, Kathryn Shoop of Tuttle, Oklahoma; eight grandchildren, Justin Brickell and his wife, Carol of San Francisco, California, Daniel Harris and his wife, Carrie of San Francisco, California, Dr. Erin Smith and her husband, Erik Nowicki of Colorado Springs, Colorado, Caroline Cooper and her husband, Michael of Portland, Oregon, Gena Smith of Prairieville, Louisiana, Ian Smith and his wife, Kaki of Mesa, Arizona, Kayla Smith of College Station, Texas; two great-grandchildren, Chloe Brickell and Hayley Brickell both of San Francisco, California; numerous nieces and nephews.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Lee C. Wood; son, Clayton Lee Wood; parents, Clay and Ouida Sommers.

There will be no public services. The family will be having a private service.


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