- Funeral Services held at Lengby for J. S. Hood
John S. Hood, for 22 years a resident of Columbia Twp, Polk County, died at the Clearwater Hospital on Monday, November 3. Funeral services were conducted Thursday, November 6 at the home and in the St. Paul Lutheran Church at Lengby, with Rev. P. Onstad conducting the services.
John Scott Hood was born in Huron County, Ontario, Canada, Dec. 4, 1870. He lived there until the age of 25. He then moved to Fargo, N.D. and began working for the Northern Pacific railway. He worked 13 years for the railway, the last position being that of conductor. He moved from Fargo to Jamestown, N.D. There he met and in 1907, married Miss Anna Peterson. To this union were born five children, Anna, Marion, William, Donald and John. After leaving the railroad, Mr. Hood moved to Harding County, S.D. where he took up a government claim. Leaving South Dakota in November 1919, the family moved to their present home in Columbia Township. Mr. Hood has been in ill health for a number of years, but until Oct. 24, when he was taken to the hospital in Bagley, he had been active in all his work and in community affairs.
Mr. Hood is survived by his wife and five children and one grandchild, Margaret Ann Radke, three sisters, Miss Martha Hood, Mrs. Annie Halliday, and Mrs. Wm. McCauley, all of Devils Lake; two brothers, Stewart of Montreal, Canada and George of Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. A cousin, Robert McMorran of Lawton, N.D. who grew up with the family was especially dear to Mr. Hood. Mr. Hood was a member of St. Paul Lutheran church at Lengby for a number of years. All of his children were confirmed in this church and are now members of the congregation. Mr. Hood has a host of friends who will miss him.
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1870 - 1941 (70 years)
