Katherine Marie Wood

Katherine Marie Wood, age 70, of Brainerd passed away at United Hospital in St. Paul on November 21, 2021. Kathy was born in Brainerd to James & Florence (Garberg) Smith on June 22, 1951.

Kathy attended Brainerd area schools after which she moved to AZ where she went to college and earned her LPN license. She moved back to Brainerd about 1976 and worked providing patient home care. She met and married Harvey Dale Wood in 1980. They lived on a farm outside of Brainerd for 20 + years.

She is survived by a brother, Tom Smith (wife Maureen) of Naches, WA; nephew, Tom Jr of Burbank, WA; niece, Tonya Scanlan Redmond, WA; 2 great nieces; & 4 grt,grt nieces

Preceded in death by husband Dale Wood; father, Jim Smith and mother Florence Smith

Funeral service for Kathy will be held on Wednesday, December 8, 2021, at 11AM at Halvorson Taylor Life Events Center. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Interment will be at the Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery, next to her husband Harvey D. Wood.