The New Era - All about Sweet Home since 1929

Oct. 17, 1937 - April 15, 2019

Raymond W. Wood, 82, of Sweet Home, died peacefully April 15, 2019 of multiple organ failure to end a long battle with Alzheimer's disease.

He was born Oct. 17, 1937  in Toledo to  Ernest and Hazel Wood, of Sweet Home.

Mr. Wood served in the Oregon National Guard from 1959 to 1967.

He retired from Willamette Industries Foster Division in 1999 with 40 plus years of service. He loved his horses, enjoyed deer and elk hunting, camping and trail riding in the mountains with his horses and wife, Marian.

He was a bull-rider, trained horses and was a farrier for...