WOOD, Lorenzo W.
Source: "Obituaries - Year - 1960 Volume B" from the Covington Public Library. 14 July 1961
Friends and relatives have received word of the death of Lorenzo W. Wood, age 77 years, of Lafayette, formerly of Mellott.
He passed away at 10 p.m. Sunday at the St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lafayette where he had been a patient since June 20. He had been in ill health the past six months.
He was born in Newtown. In 1910 he married Miss Carrie Leighty of the Mellott community. He and his wife resided in Mellott until about 18 years ago when he moved to Lafayette. He was a member of the Newtown Methodist Church.
Mr. Wood was ,a retired painter and formerly was employed by the Fairfield Manufacturing Company and National Homes Corporation.
He is survived by his widow and a daughter Mrs. Marshall Bedford of Marion, Ill.; four brothers, Mirbel of, Newtown, Hersy of Attica, Elbert of Wayne, Mich., and Joyce of Portland Ore., and three sisters, Mrs. Grace VanCleave of Waynetown, Mrs. Lois Earl of Lob Angeles, Cal., and Miss Belle Wood of West Lafayette.
Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 12, at the Sollar-Baker Funeral Home in Lafayette. Burial was made in the Newtown Cemetery.