Roger Alfred Wood 1934 to 2018 - - Early Years Remembrance 1934 to 1966 - - Additional photos of Roger Wood during these early years.

Roger Alfred Wood 1934 to 2018 - - Early Years Remembrance 1934 to 1966 - - Additional photos of Roger Wood during these early years.

Roger Alfred Wood 1934 to 2018 - - Early Years Remembrances 1934 to 1966
Roger Alfred Wood, a long time resident of Redmond, WA, was born in Spokane, WA on November 25, 1934 and lived with his family in the Spokane Valley at Opportunity, WA. He was the second child of John and Mildred Wood, having an older sister, Lorna, and a younger brother, Stearns. He attended elementary school at the Opportunity Grade School, then Central Valley High School in Greenacres, WA. Roger played both the trombone and the piano during this time. He was also a Boy Scout and delivered the Spokane Daily Chronicle in the Valley for several years. In these early years Roger and his family took many trips throughout the Northwest; and also traveled the west coast from Vancouver, BC to San Francisco, CA enjoying the ocean and the mountains, and seeing the many national parks. Roger loved the outdoors.
Upon graduation from high school in 1952, he joined the U.S. Navy where he studied and became an aviation electronic technician serving at the Whidbey Island, WA and Kodiak, AK, Naval Air Stations. Upon discharge from the Navy, Roger began working in telephone transmission for the Pacific NW Bell Telephone Company in Spokane. This is where he met his wife to be. In 1958, he transferred to the Telephone Company’s Seattle Office and attended the University of Washington where he studied Economics.
On November 13, 1966, Roger married Charlotte Rose Whedon in the Central Methodist Church in Spokane, WA and they took up residence in Bellevue, WA before moving to Redmond, WA. They had one son, John Douglas Wood, who resides in Redmond.
Roger passed away on November 21, 2018 having outlived his mother and father, and his sister and brother-in-law, Lorna and Donald Black. May he rest in peace! Stearns & June Wood, and family.