Donald Alfred Wood Sr.

Donald Alfred Wood, Sr. of Tequesta, Florida, died February 7, 2022 at Tequesta Terrace. Born in Decatur, Illinois on February 3, 1928. Donald is the son of the late Malcolm H. Wood, Sr. and Mabel C. Wood, of Floradale Resort, Mears, Michigan.

His wife of 53 years, Paulette J. Wood, predeceased him in 2005. He is survived by son Donald A. “Chip” Wood, Jr. and his wife Lisa Wood of Basking Ridge, New Jersey, and son David G. Wood and his spouse Bryan Hung of San Angelo, Texas. Predeceased by his brother Malcolm H. “Pete” Wood, Jr. in 2010 but is survived by his Pete’s wife Beverly of Mears, Michigan.

Don attended Palm Beach High School and Hart High School, Hart, Michigan, graduating in 1946. After attending Michigan State University, majoring in Hotel Administration, he enlisted in the Air Force in 1950 and then assigned to Finance Department at Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, Mississippi. Upon release from active duty, he remained in the Air Force Reserve until retirement. In 1959 he graduated from The School of Mortgage Banking sponsored by the Mortgage Bankers Association of America at Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.

In 1954 he, his wife, and first son moved to Lake Worth, Florida. In 1956, he became associated with B. D. Cole, Inc. as a Mortgage Loan Officer, later with Palm Beach Mortgage Company, followed by Fidelity Federal Bank and Trust Company, retiring in 1999 as Assistant Vice President, Mortgage Loan Department after 43 years in the mortgage business.

He was a member of the West Palm Beach Jaycees, Kiwanis Club of West Palm Beach, and Past President of the Mortgage Bankers Association of Palm Beach County. As a member of Gulfstream Council, Boy Scouts of America, he organized and served as the first Scoutmaster of Troop 204 at Lakeside United Methodist Church, Lake Worth, where he received the Silver Beaver Award in 1986 and the God and Service Recognition from Lakeside United Methodist Church and the Boy Scouts of America.

At the time of his death, he was a member of Harmonia Lodge #138 F&AM, West Palm Beach; Scottish Rite and Order of Eastern Star Chapter 111 of Lake Worth; Trinity United Methodist Church, Palm Beach Gardens; and the Florida Trail Association.

He will be inurned alongside his wife in the Veteran Columbarium, Garden of Honor, Riverside Memorial Park, 19351 S.E. County Line Road, Jupiter, Florida. A memorial service will be scheduled at a later date.

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