Wood, Dolores J. 1931-2024 Atchison, Kan.

By NewsPress Now

ATCHISON, Kan. – Dolores Jean Wood, born Dec. 4, 1931, in Atchison, Kansas, to Carl F. and Rose M. (Enzbrenner) Wagner, passed away on Nov. 17, 2024, at the age of 92.

She attended Mooney Creek elementary school and the Mount St. Scholastica Academy for three years before graduating from Atchison High in 1949. At the age of 19 she married her husband of 56 years, “Bud” Lawrence Wood, on May 20, 1950, at Sacred Heart Parish. Together, they built a life on their farm, raising livestock, selling eggs and tending a large garden each year while also working full time jobs in town.

Dolores was preceded in death by her brothers, Wilbur, Melvin and Gerald Wagner; grandson, Thomas Wood; and son-in-law, Charles Noll.

She is survived by her daughter, Sarah Noll, of Nortonville, Kansas, and son, Stephen Wood (Deanna) of Atchison; her sister, Mary Newell, of Oskaloosa, Kansas; along with 11 grandchildren; and 23 great-grandchildren.

Funeral Mass will be Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024, at 11 a.m. at St. Joseph Church, in Atchison. A rosary will begin on Saturday, at 10 a.m. followed by visitation at the church. She will be laid to rest at Mt. Calvary Cemetery.

Funeral care has been entrusted to the Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home. As published in the St. Joseph News-Press.