Barbara Vergean Wood

Barbara Vergean Wood, long time resident of Ft. Collins, passed away on May 12, 2017 following a debilitating stroke earlier in the month.

Vergean was born on November 20, 1921 to Velora Belle and George W. Williams in Tingley, IA. The family moved to Colorado in her teen years hoping the change would benefit her asthma condition. She was a graduate of South High School and attended Colorado A & M (CSU) majoring in nutrition.

She was married to Marvin Wood in Denver in 1942. They returned to Ft. Collins permanently in 1954 and entered into a partnership with Ft. Collins Nursery in 1956, which continued until Marvin's retirement.

A lifelong homemaker, Vergean taught their six children and many grandchildren essential life skills and how to love others. She was active in The Community of Christ Church, Church Women United, Larimer County Extension, Casa Grande HOA and a variety of volunteer outreach projects. Two of these involved sewing hundreds of pairs of panties to be included in back to school packs for needy children each year and knitting baby caps for the newborns at PVH.
Vergean was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Marvin; daughter, Janet Graves; and great grandson, Brandon Martinez.

She is survived by sons, Don (Karen) Wood, George (Dianne) Wood; daughters, Marcia (John) Mundell, Susan (Rick) Wood and Tina (Joel) Vosberg; sister, Donna Jagger; sons, Don (Karen) Wood thirteen grandchildren and thirty great grandchildren.

A Memorial Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, May 22,2017 at Bohlender Funeral Chapel followed by a reception at The Community of Christ Church, 220 E Oak St. Interment will be held at Resthaven Memorial Gardens Cemetery at 3:00 pm.

In memory of her reputation as a great cook, including an unending supply of chocolate chip cookies, the family requests memorial donations be made to the Larimer County Food Bank.