Dale Wood

Dale Wood, 66. was born on May 21, 1951, in Stover, MO to Lloyd R. Wood and Nellie V. (Stevenson) Wood. He went to be with the Lord on Sept. 5, 2017.

Dale lived a full life of doing what he loved which included spending time with his family, hunting, fishing and watching football every Sunday.

He was raised in Stover, then later moved to Kansas City. Dale attended high school at Truman High and graduated in 1969. He was a track star mainly in Shot Put. He loved to play baseball and would sometimes challenge you to a race around the house. He loved the Kansas City Royals to the core.

Dale would go coon hunting with his dad and brothers and later in life with his sons-in-law and grandkids which was one of his greatest loves. He was a very active hunter in everything from squirrel, deer and turkey which he loved to listen to and watch out his back door.

Dale met the love of his life, Norma Jean “Shook” Wood, in 1967. They would later marry in April, 1968. They would have been married 50 years this coming April. Of this marriage, they had three girls, Rita, Angela and Alicia.

Dale went to work for the Santa Fe Railroad in 1973 and attended Tool & Dye School for them. For a brief time he worked in Maryland with his brother, Floyd, in Aluminum Form Business they had started. He retired from BNSF Railroad in 2005 and has been enjoying retirement with his family, watching football, hunting, fishing, watching westerns on TV and catching up with friends and other family.

He came to know the Lord as a young man spending time as a Sunday School bus driver and playing softball on the church team. He later joined Union Hall Baptist Church in El Dorado Springs.

Dale was preceded in death by his parents, Lloyd and Nellie Wood; his daughter, Angela; his three brothers – Jerry, Lloyd Jr. and Floyd; one sister, Jenni; and one brother-in-law, Dick Shook as well as other family members.

He is survived by his wife, Norma Jean, of the home; daughter, Rita Bettis, and spouse, Tony, and their four children of El Dorado Springs; daughter, Alicia Janes, and her two kids of El Dorado Springs; the children of daughter Angela, Santara and Cody Alex Best.

He had eight grandkids – Cody Bettis (Kristina), Chaz Bettis (Melissa), Chandra Clark (Joey), and Chance Bettis, Taten and Brinley Janes, Santara and Cody Alex Best; great-grandkids – Sawyer, Alexis Jaden, Breanna, Christian, Haylie, Reagan and Ryker; brother, William Wood (Shelly) of Lee’s Summit; sister, Letha Burnett (Carroll), of Bates City; sister, Bertha Jett, of Independence; sister, Rachel Wood of Oak Grove; and sister, Sandy Dorrell (Paul), of Lone Jack; many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Services were held Saturday, Sept. 9, in Sheldon Funeral Home, El Dorado Springs, with Rev. Don Barger officiating. Music was “Daddy’s Hands,” “Granddaddy’s Chair,” “The Dance,” “Granddaddy’s Gun” and “The Last Dance.” Casketbearers were Cody Bettis, Chaz Bettis, Chance Bettis, Taten Janes, Jason Best, Mike Janes, Terry Ellison and Wayne Cartwright.

Interment was in El Dorado Springs City Cemetery, under direction of Sheldon Funeral Home, El Dorado Springs. www.sheldonfh.com.