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Thursday, September 10, 2009
Morton Wood, 86, a mechanical engineer who owned his own engineering firm, died Aug. 10 of pneumonia and sepsis at the nursing facility
of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Washington. He was a Bethesda resident.
Mr. Wood was born in Washington and was a graduate of the old Western High School. He served in the Army during World War II and
survived the Dec. 24, 1944, sinking of the troopship S.S. Leopoldville. An estimated 800 servicemen died in the ship's sinking.
He was recalled to active duty in the Korean War and was severely wounded by machine-gun fire in 1951.
After graduating from Virginia Tech in 1947, Mr. Wood joined the engineering firm of H. Walton Redmile Associates. He later became the
owner of the company before retiring in the 1970s. He then worked as a consulting engineer with the Montgomery County public schools
until the 1990s.
He enjoyed singing with the Old Line Four barbershop quartet and was a member of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of
Barbershop Quartet Singing in America.
He also enjoyed golf and owned a driving range in College Park in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
He was a member of Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church in Bethesda.
Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Ella Boothe Wood of Bethesda.
-- Matt Schudel
Morton Wood, 86, a mechanical engineer who owned his own engineering firm, died Aug. 10 of pneumonia and sepsis at the nursing facility
of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Washington. He was a Bethesda resident.
Mr. Wood was born in Washington and was a graduate of the old Western High School. He served in the Army during World War II and
survived the Dec. 24, 1944, sinking of the troopship S.S. Leopoldville. An estimated 800 servicemen died in the ship's sinking.
He was recalled to active duty in the Korean War and was severely wounded by machine-gun fire in 1951.
After graduating from Virginia Tech in 1947, Mr. Wood joined the engineering firm of H. Walton Redmile Associates. He later became the
owner of the company before retiring in the 1970s. He then worked as a consulting engineer with the Montgomery County public schools
until the 1990s.
He enjoyed singing with the Old Line Four barbershop quartet and was a member of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of
Barbershop Quartet Singing in America.
He also enjoyed golf and owned a driving range in College Park in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
He was a member of Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church in Bethesda.
Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Ella Boothe Wood of Bethesda.
-- Matt Schudel