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- Edward J[udson] ROOD, 44, prominent
Milton teacher and civic leader, died at his
- home following a long illness. He
had been afflicted with Hodgkin's disease.
- Services were held in the Milton Seventh
Day Baptist Church at 2 p.m. Sunday, the
- Rev. Elmo Fitz Randolph officiating.
Burial was in Milton cemetery.
- Until his final illness Mr. ROOD
served as director of admissions for Milton College.
- Previous to this assignment he had
been head of the psychology department at the college.
- A graduate of Milton College in 1938,
Mr. ROOD also held a master's degree from
- the University of Colorado and had
done graduate work at the University of Wisconsin. In his career
as an educator he served as a teacher in Edgerton Junior High
School and Milton Union High School before becoming associated
with Milton College.
- As a leader in community and civic
affairs, Mr. ROOD served recently as a member
- of the Milton Village Board. Illness
forced his retirement from the presidency of the Milton Graded
School board. Under his leadership a major addition had recently
been completed on the school plant.
- A deacon of the Milton Seventh Day
Baptist Church, Mr. ROOD served as church
- president, trustee, youth advisor,
Sabbath school superintendent and teacher. He had been organist
for Christ Lutheran Church, Stoughton, and the Milton Junction
Methodist Church. For many years he was prominent in the Choral
Union.
- The son of Byron and Lena NELSON
ROOD, he was born in Lima Township, April
- 30, 1916. On Dec. 29, 1941, he married
Doris COON.
- He is survived by his wife; two sons,
Dale Eugene and Phillip Duane; a daughter, Alice
- Jeanne; his parents; one brother, Leman,
of Edgerton, and a sister, Nelsie, of Milton. [Thursday, p.
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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