VINTON: Madonna "Donna' Wood, 88, died Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at Virginia Gay Nursing & Rehab following an extended illness.

Funeral Services will be held at 11:30 am, Monday, April 18, 2011 at Oak Grove Church near Shellsburg with Pastor Larry Rodgers officiating. Interment will be held at 1:30 pm at Maplewood Cemetery in Vinton. Friends may call at the church from 10:30 am on Monday until service time. A memorial fund has been established. Phillips Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

"Donna" was born September 18, 1922 at Derby, IA to Earl and Della (Rash) Bass. On April 6, 1937 she married Thomas L. Raines at Preston, IL. He preceded her in death on February 15, 1970. She married William D. Wood in Vinton on April 7, 1973, and he preceded her in death on September 3, 1977.

Donna was employed for many years as a cook at the Iowa Braille & Sight Savings School and as a nurse's aide at Virginia Gay Hospital. She was a former member of the Assembly of God Church. Her faith was a very important part of her life and she loved to travel.

She is survived by her sister, Emma Lee Nielsen of Mission, TX; and her daughter-in-law, Patty (David Raines Detwiler of Cedar Rapids and a number of nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents and husbands, she was preceded in death by her son, Charles Wesley Raines; two sisters; and two brothers.

Condolences may left at: www.phillipsfuneralhomes.com

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