Delores Marie Wood, age 91, passed away at Girlie's Manor in Cross Plains on Saturday, July 2, 2022. She was born in Sauk City on Oct. 29 1930 to the late Arnold and Alma (Blum) Werla. She was united in marriage to Maynard C. "Woody" Wood on Aug. 17, 1950; he preceded her in death on Sep 7, 2008. Together they owned and operated Woods Restaurant and Dance Hall in the Roxbury Township. She love to garden, clip coupons, cook for a crowd, play euchre and take long rides with Woody and dance the night away.
She is survived by eight children, Monica (Robert) Ziegler, Michael (Jane), Mark (Susan), Myra (Douglas) Ballweg, Myron, Mary (Scott) Cole, Maynard Jr. (Faye) and Martin (Kim); 22 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren; 2 great great-grandchildren; a sister Arlene "Pat" Baier; and further by other relatives and friends.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by, a son, Mitchell; sisters and brothers in-law, Lorain (Daniel) Ott, Bernice (Charles) Hausladen, Harriet (Vernon) Kippley and Werner Baier; along with in-laws Veronice (Bernie) Wolf, Jean (Jack) Hilmanowski, James (Marilyn) Wood, and Judy (Neil) Wenzel.
A visitation will be held on Thursday, July 7, 2022 from 4:00 pm until 7:00 pm at Hooverson Funeral Home, 251 Water St., Sauk City. Interment will be held in the St. Aloysius Cemetery.
Delores family would like to thank their family and friends for their thoughts and prayers and to the staff at Girlie's Manor for their care.
Online condolences may be made at hooversonfuneralhomes.com