Ludwig "Kip" Wood
Marriages
June Ellen Cummings
Burial Details
Obituaries
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 6 A Obituary - July 8, 2014
Ludwig Clifford “Kip” Wood
was born in Mentor, Ohio, the
third of Clarence and Gisella Jurasek
Wood’s six children. He was
educated at Case Western Reserve
University. He married June Ellen
Cummings and they enjoyed over
70 years together.
Kip lived and worked in Medina,
Ohio, Rockford, Illinois and Cincinnati,
Ohio before fulfilling his dream of moving west. The Woods
built a home in the mountains of Boulder where they spent many years
before retiring to Grand Junction, CO. As a design engineer, many
swimming pools and water parks were created on his drafting board.
Kip and June were world travelers who kept their passports up-to-date.
He began taking family campouts to national parks in the 1950’s. He
enjoyed fishing, especially deep sea fishing. Over the years, he shared
adventures with 12 dogs and loved walking with them. Kip appreciated
attending the Grand Junction Symphony.
He was preceded in death by his young son, Timothy and his wife.
He is survived his sister, Dorothy Kunz of Parma, Ohio, and two
daughters, Nancy Hoefer (David), and Janet Mitchell (Gary) and three
grandchildren, Steve Hoefer, Laura Conant and Kristen Seiff, and three
great-grandchildren.
Internment will be in Greenwood Cemetery, Rockford, Illinois.
