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Everett E. Wood passed peacefully from this life on Monday, March 15, 2010, at the age of 93. He was born in Princeton, Illinois. Everett also lived in Sandwich, IL, and Downers Grove, IL. He graduated from North Central College with a B.A. in Business Administration. Prior to WWII, he became the head of the BIA credit programs, in Ashland, Wisconsin, serving tribes in Wisconsin and Michigan. In 1941, a month before the Pearl Harbor attack, he was drafted into the Army. He received training as a field medic, in Amarillo, Denver, Paso Robles and Tacoma. Everett served in active duty in France, Belgium, Netherlands, Holland, Austria and Germany and participated in the Battle of the Bulge during the Christmas of 1944 and the Liberation of Dachau in April of 1945. In 1948, he married Edna Portwood, at the Episcopal Church across from the White House. He retired from the BIA in 1977, in Window Rock, AZ, where he was the BIA's Chief of Credit for the Navajo Nation. Everett and Edna continued to enjoy living in Gallup, until they moved to Albuquerque in 2004. He is survived by his wife; four children, John, Douglas and Dana in Albuquerque and Charlene Delaunay in Arapahoe, WY; and three grandchildren. A memorial service will be held Sunday, March 21, 2010, 2:00 p.m., at French - University Chapel. In lieu of flowers, please consider donations to the Salvation Army, www.usw.salvationarmy.org. Please visit our online guestbook for Everett at www.RememberTheirStory.com. French 1111 University Blvd. NE (505) 843-6333
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