AKRON – Janet H. Wood, 79, of rural Akron, passed at 6:23 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, at Lutheran Hospital of Fort Wayne.
Janet was born on April 18, 1940, at her parents’ home near Akron to the late Frederick L. and Mildred E. Hammond.
Janet was an elementary school teacher for Akron School and for Rochester Schools teaching at Columbia and Riddle. She taught for over 35 years and retired in 2004. She had also taught a GED class in Augsburg, Germany, in the early 1960s.
She was a 1958 graduate of Akron High School. She then graduated from Manchester College and also attained her master’s degree from Ball State University.
Janet attended the Akron Church of God for her entire life, where she started teaching Sunday School at the age of 16. She also was involved with Junior Church for many years. She was known for being in the AJ’s, trios, duets and the choir. She was the accompanist for the church, playing the piano, for over 60 years until the last month.
She was an avid reader and was involved with Friends of the Library in Akron. She enjoyed traveling, which included the U.S., Mexico and Europe.
She is survived by daughter, Angela Wood Bailey, Fort Wayne; son, Andrew and wife Heidi Wood, Middlebury; five grandchildren: Hillary, Olivia, Elise, Thomas and Isaiah; two great-grandchildren: Joel Thomas and Carter; sister, Karen Camp Drone, Sarasota, Fla.; brother, Gail and wife Brenda Hammond, Clermont, Fla.; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
She was preceded in death by parents, Fred and Mildred Hammond; sister and brother-in-law, Judith and Tom Hill; infant brother, Gary Walter Hammond; former husband of 25 years, Larry L. Wood; and brother-in-law, Don Drone.
Visitation hours will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 12 at Hartzler Funeral Home, 305 W. Rochester St., Akron.
The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 13 at Akron Church of God, 301 S. West St., Akron, with Pastor Kathy Nelson officiating.
The burial will take place following the service in the Akron Cemetery, Akron.
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Memorials to the Akron Church of God.
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