IN MEMORIAM
Read and adopted at the afternoon
session of the Ohio State Arch-
aeological and Historical Society, April
30, 1931.
EDWIN FOREST WOOD
WHEREAS,
It has pleased Divine Providence to re-
move from our midst our co-worker, associate and
friend, Edwin Forest Wood, and
WHEREAS,
He had been prominently identified with
the Ohio State Archaeological and
Historical Society
since 1890, serving first as Assistant
Treasurer and
after the death of S. S. Rickly,
November 23, 1905, as
Treasurer of the Society, a continuous
service in this
important position for a quarter of a
century, and
WHEREAS, Through this long service he
was active
in the upbuilding of the Society and
the custody of its
funds and the faithful discharge of all
the duties inci-
dent to his official position,
therefore
Be it Resolved by the Ohio State
Archaeological and
Historical Society, That in the death of Edwin Forest
Wood, the Society and the State have
sustained a great
loss, his associate members, officers
and the staff of this
institution a sincere friend and active
co-worker. In
1905 he was elected Treasurer of the
Society. In the
year following he was elected Trustee
of the Society
and these two important positions he
continued to hold
until the date of his death March 9,
1931.
He was held in high esteem by his
numerous friends
and acquaintances in Columbus and
throughout the
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State. In financial circles he had
attained success and a
creditable record. He was a trusted
counselor and a
man whose judgment was highly regarded
by his fel-
low members on the Board of Trustees
and the staff of
the Society.
Mr. Wood was born in Bradford County,
Pennsyl-
vania, October 3, 1863. In 1879 he came
to Columbus
where he was subsequently identified
with different
financial institutions. In 1922 he was
made General
Manager of the Ohio State Savings
Association and had
since that date held this position.
Through his entire
residence in Columbus he had been an
enthusiastic and
efficient worker in the Congregational
Church. He is
survived by his widow, Mrs. Jessie B.
(McKim) Wood
and a granddaughter Jessie Marie Wood.
At this meeting his sudden departure is
especially
felt as it comes so close to the date
at which he planned
to be with us again.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be for-
warded to his wife and granddaughter as
an evidence of
our respect and sincere sympathy in
their sudden and
sad bereavement.
JAMES STEWART HINE
Leaves have their time to fall,
And flowers to wither at the north
wind's breath,
And stars to set,--but all,
Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O
Death!
Thou art where billows foam,
Thou art where music melts upon the
air;
Thou art around us in our peaceful
home,
And the world calls us forth--and thou
art there.