The funeral service for John E. "Woody" Wood will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, November 13, 2017 in River Park Chapel at Macken Funeral Home with Rev. Russell Scepaniak officiating. Visitation will be held from 3:00-7:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 12th in River Park Chapel and one hour prior to the service on Monday at Macken Funeral Home.

John Wood, 81, of Rochester died on Thursday, November 9, 2017 at his home of cancer. He was born October 11, 1936 to John Earl and Ellen (Burgess) Wood in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.

John graduated from North Fond du Lac High School in 1954. He served in the United States Air Force from 1954-1958.  He moved to Rochester in 1958, working briefly for Waters Connelly and Rochester Dairy. On May 21, 1960, John married Dorothy Stoehr at St. John's Catholic Church in Rochester. John worked for IBM for 32 years and retired in 1991.

John is survived by his wife, Dorothy; daughters, Mary Wood of Harmony, Sue (Russ) Ward of Rochester; son-in-law; Tony Condon of Rochester; grandchildren, Timothy (Becky) Condon of St. Paul, Briana Condon of Honolulu, HI, Nicole and Kaitlyn Ward of Rochester; sisters, Nora Sabel of Fond du Lac, Lorraine Higuchi of Spokane, WA; brother, Frank of Fond du Lac; brother-in-law, Harlan Stoehr of Shoreview, MN; and sisters-in-law, Lois Neighbors of Emmetsberg, IA and Therese Wood of Fond du Lac.

He is preceded in death by his parents; son, David Wood; daughter, Barbara Condon; sisters, Eileen Zamzow, Alice Hoppner; brothers, Henry Wood, David Wood; brother-in-law, Marvin "Cactus" Stoehr; and sister-in-law, Carolyn Ehler.

John loved sports, especially watching his grandchildren play. He had a big garden which he shared with his friends.

Memorials are preferred to Mayo Hospice or Dorothy Day House.