Dr. Elizabeth Jane Adair Wood, born December 8, 1930 in Scranton, PA to Earl and Margaret Adair passed away peacefully on Tuesday, September 25, 2012. She attended Wilson College and Yale University where she earned a Ph.D. in Microbiology. While at Yale, she met and married Joseph Miller Wood III on August 23, 1959. They moved to DeKalb, IL in 1968 with their two young sons: William and Paul. She worked the majority of her career at the Northern Illinois University Graduate School and spent the later years of her life enjoying retirement. She and Joseph traveled and Elizabeth was a member of several local Women?s groups including Beta Sigma Phi, the DeKalb Women?s Club and the University Women?s Club. She volunteered widely, giving her time to The Country Store and Meals on Wheels among other charities. She had many passions and was a lover of gardening, art, and music and was an active member of the First Congregational Church of DeKalb where she sang in the choir. She was preceded in death by her sister Margaret and is survived by her husband and two sons as well as her granddaughter Luna. She will be interred at Hickory Grove Cemetery in Waverly, PA. A memorial service will be held at the First Congregational Church of DeKalb, 615 N. First St., on October 5, 2012 at 10:30 am. The family asks that in lieu of flowers, you make a donation in her memory to the Alzheimer?s Foundation of America: http://www.alzfdn.org/ContributetoAFA/makeadonation.html, or 1-866-232-8484. Arrangements were entrusted to: Ronan-Moore-Finch Funeral Home 310 Oak St. DeKalb, IL 60115 (815) 758-3841.

Service:
Friday, October 5, 2012

10:30 am.

First Congregational Church of DeKalb
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