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REED-WOOD, MARY V. (BENDER)

Transcribed by Bessie Meredith

BORN: JUNE 19, 1929
DIED: JUNE 11, 2000

Mary V. Reed Wood, age 70, resident of Broken Bow, Okla., died Sunday, June 11, 2000 in McCurtain Memorial Hospital in Idabel, Okla.

Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 14 in Brumley-McCurtain Funeral Home Chapel at Broken Bow with Bro. Bernard Escalante and Rev. Neil Jackson officiating. Burial followed in Broken Bow Cemetery.

She was born June 19, 1929 in Broken Bow, Okla., to the late Paul and Mary Bender. She was a nurse and enjoyed taking care of others, especially the elderly.

She was predeceased by her husband Johnnie Reed.

She is survived by one son, Joe Bob Reed of Holly Creek Community; two daughters, Sandy Kay McGowen and Juan Nelle Bowen, both of Broken Bow, Okla.; four brothers, Bob Bender and Charles Bender, both of Broken Bow, Jerry Bender of Chandler, Okla., and Paul Bender Jr. of Idabel, Okla.; two sisters, Josephine Parker of De Queen and Pauline Edwards of Phoenix, Ariz.; seven grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and a number of nieces and nephews.