Virginia R. Wood died unexpectedly at her Gilroy home on Monday,
Nov. 24, 2003. A native of Santa Clara, she was 74. Wood was born
and raised in Sunnyvale. She attended Notre Dame, Belmont High
School and San Jose State University. The greatest joy of her life
was her grandchildren. She moved to Gilroy in 1964.
Virginia R. Wood died unexpectedly at her Gilroy home on Monday, Nov. 24, 2003. A native of Santa Clara, she was 74.
Wood was born and raised in Sunnyvale. She attended Notre Dame, Belmont High School and San Jose State University. The greatest joy of her life was her grandchildren. She moved to Gilroy in 1964.
Wood was a substitute school teacher in the Gilroy School district for many years and was a teacher’s aide at Glen View School. Then she went into real estate in 1974 and became partner/broker in Connell Realty, Gilroy. She retired in 1994 and traveled with her family for many years. She was a past member of South County Realtors Association, California Association of Realtors and a founding member of the Theatre Angels Art League, Gilroy.
She was the wife of Fred O. Wood, former longtime city administrator for Gilroy. Other suvivors include their children Loni Wood-Lautenschlager of Nashville, Tenn., Andrea Wood Habing of Gilroy and Angela Rose Wood of Gilroy. She was the mother-in-law of Brent Lautenschlager of Nashville and Jim Habing of Gilroy; grandmother of Natalie Kretz, Bryan Kretz, Alyssa Habing and A.J. Habing, all of Gilroy, and Nathan Lautenschlager of Nashville; sister of Stanley Alonso of Sunnyvale; aunt of Robert Alonso of Gilroy, Richard Alonso of Sunnyvale and Carol Alonso of Washington.
She was the daughter of the late Rose & John Alonso.
Vigil is at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 28, at Habing Family Funeral Home, Gilroy. Services begin at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 29, at the funeral home followed by Funeral Masss at 10 a.m. at St. Mary’s Church. Entombment will follow at Gavilan Hills Memorial Park.
The family asks that any donations be made to the Gilroy Foundation/Gilroy Cultural Center.
