Mary Wood - Obituary

ary Magdalen Thompson Wood, age 93, a resident of Ladson, SC since April 2006, passed away peacefully on February 24 2016 at 6:31 a.m. She was predeceased by her husband of 63 years, William Thomas Wood Sr., her first son William Thomas Wood Jr., second son Edwin Andrew Wood, and daughter Linda Marie Wood Bailey Mason. She was born in Bel Alton, MD. Daughter of Joseph A. and L. Viola (Marlow) Thompson on September 7, 1922. She attended Sacred Heart Catholic School, La Plata, MD until she graduated in June, 1940. After high school, she moved to Washington, D.C. and started to work for Western Union Telegraph Company. She transferred to the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Department of the U.S. Navy, in 1951 where she retired in 1978 after 27 years of governmental service. She also attended college at night while continuing to work and received her BA in Business Administration. After retirement, she and her husband moved to Cape Coral, FL. After they moved to Florida, she pursued an extended career in Real Estate until her health failed causing her to retire again. She and her husband were avid dancers both ballroom and square dancing. Only waning health prevented them from continuing these enjoyable activities. Even after her husband’s passing on July 14, 2004, Mary remained in Florida until 2006. In 2006, she moved to Royal Oaks Independent Living Facility in Summerville, SC to be near her son (Charles) due to failing health. In 2016, she purchased a home in Ladson, SC where she resided with her granddaughter Tricid Wood until she passed. She was an active member in church, school, and fraternal organizations until her health failed. In her later years, she pursued a childhood dream to play the organ. She had been taking lessons and doing well until her health prevented her from continuing. Mrs. Wood is survived by one son, Charles S. Wood, nine grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren, and three great-great grandchildren, her brother, George S. Thompson, of Bel Alton, MD, and her sister Anna Mae Voigt, of Rockville, MD. Friends may call at St. Ignatius Chapel Point, 8855 Chapel Point Rd., Port Tobacco, MD from 10 a.m. until Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. Repast to follow. Burial to follow repast at Resurrection Cemetery, Clinton, MD.