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Vernon L. Wood Taken By Death,
Veteran Jeweler Stricken by Heart Attack, Dies on Saturday Afternoon. Vernon L. Wood, a Jeweler here for many years, succumbed to a heart attack at 4 o'clock at his hom e, 610 North Main Street. Mr. Wood was stricken as he was about to accompany his wife on a trip to the business section. Although he had been in poor health for some time, News of his death was a shock to a host of friends. Mr. Wood, a member of the firm of Wood & Stone on Water Street since September 4, 1911, was born in Townville, April 20, 1869. He attended public schools in Meadville an d then worked for a time in a planing and
grist mill. In 1908 he purchased the Frank Raymond watch repair shop located on the
present site of the Park Theater and three years later moved to 967 Water Street where a partnership was formed with Robert E. Stone. The partnership continued active through the succeeding years, and although Mr. Wood had not devoted his full time to the business recently, he was at the store Saturday morning. Mr. Wood was a member of Cussewa go Lodge of Odd Fellows and Olympus Encampment, No. 87. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Margery Wood; a son, Wallace Wood of Beaver Falls, and five grandchildren. The remains are at the family residence where friends may call until 10 o' clock Tuesday morning when they will be removed to the Roofer funeral home, from which place services will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Interment will be made in the Saegertown Cemetery.
Trib. Repub. (Sesqui - Centennial Edition)
10 Oct. 1938, Section F, pgs. 27 & 8
Under Jewelry Stores:
Wood & StoneV.L. Wood opened a jewelry store in Meadville in the same year at 190
Mead A venue. In 1911 he entered a partnership with Robert E. Stone and opened the retail jewelry store of Wood and Stone at 967 Water Street which continues there today.
V.L. Wood, watchmaker and partner in the Wood and Stone Jewelry Store, was born in Townville, April 20, 1869, the son of John and Sarah C. Himebaugh Wood. He atten ded the public schools of Meadville and following that worked for a time in a planing and grist mill for W.T. Ladner, when he suffered an accident, in 1896. In 1908 he purchased the Frank Raymond watch shop, located on the site of Park Theatre, and on September 4, 1911, formed the present partnership, moving to 9 67 Water Street. Mr. Wood married Marjorie L. Stafford, of Meadville. They hav e a son, Wallace S. Wood, of Beaver Falls. He is a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge. Member of Cussewago Lodge No. 108 I.O.O.F. (2) Lodge Souvenir Books for the years (1910 & 1911) -On the back cover of the 1910 book, he is listed: Rec. Sec'y., Vernon L. Wood -In the 1910 book, is the following information:
Admitted 5 Apr 1909 (Partner Robert E. Stone, 3 Jan 1910) Listed as Noble Grand, with the date of installation of 2 Oct 1911 On the back cover, N.G., V.L. Wood -Letter from Cussewago Ledge 108, 10 Jul 1999, by John Heason, Rec. Sec. Vernon L. Wood's address at the time he joined the lodge was 35 Mead Avenue, Meadville, Crawford Co., PA
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1869 - 1938 (69 years)
