WOOD, Vernial Rose
1913 – 2013
Vernial Rose Wood passed away quietly on Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at the age of 99 years. She was born in Walsh, Alberta on December 15, 1913. Vernial grew up in the Camrose area where her father owned a store. She then went on to graduate high school and Normal School there as well. Vernial was a 1940 graduate of Alberta Hospital Ponoka. She worked many years at Horsely’s Drug Store in Red Deer and worked later at McKeagues Pharmacy in Calgary as a surgical appliance fitter until her retirement. On July 30, 1955 she married Bernard Alfred Wood. She was very active in Beta Sigma Phi both in Red Deer and Calgary Chapters and received the Order of the Rose. She loved travel, theatre, and social events including bridge club, and maintained these interests well into her later years. Family was always important and she will be lovingly remembered by her step-daughters Claire Jackson of Didsbury and Shirley Tighe of Olds, numerous, nieces, nephews, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great great grandchildren and her friends at Piper Creek Lodge.