Mary Edith Wood

Mary Edith Wood

• Father: Green Alexander Wood b. 31 December 1877, d. 3 August 1909
• Mother: Lela Beatrice McAlpine b. 21 November 1879, d. 15 November 1974

• Mary Edith Wood was born on 18 August 1904 in Navasota, Grimes County, Texas, at Washington Avenue.
• She was known as Edith.
• The following appeared on 13 June 1909 in The Galveston Daily News: (Richards) Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Wood and their little daughter, Edith, are guests of mr. and mrs. S. W. Wood.
• The following appeared on 27 June 1909 in The Galveston Daily News: (Richards) . . . Miss Eunice Haynie of Apolonia was a visitor to our town last week, guest of Miss Lynn Wood.
       Mr. and Mrs. Green A. Wood and little daughter, Edith, returned to Navasota Tuesday after spending a couple of weeks with Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Wood.
• Lela Beatrice McAlpine appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Mary Edith Wood.
• The following appeared on 6 November 1910 in The Galveston Daily News: (Richards) Mrs. Rush Wood and children left Wednesday for Navasota to visit Mrs. Green A. Wood and little daughter.
• She married Neill Fredrick Amsler, son of Fred Louis Amsler and Ida Gertrude Zeiss, circa 1925.
• Neill Fredrick Amsler and Mary Edith Wood appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Sherman, Grayson County, Texas, at 1204 Lamar. Other members of the household included Mary Pat Amsler.
• The following appeared on 29 September 1935 in the San Antonio Express: (Brenhan) Mrs. Pat Fahey of Houston is visiting her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Neil Amsler.
• The following appeared on 24 November 1963 in The Houston Chronicle: Mrs. Pat N. Fahey was honored at a "come-and-go" coffee by her daughter, Mrs. Neill Amsler, last week which turned into a surprise birthday party. The piece de resistance was the birthday cake which said "Happy Birthday Mother" in Spanish, French, Italian and German. Also, "In Any Language, It's Happy Birthday, Mother," in English, and her name. There were no candles on the cake, and it was not an oversight--Lela just doesn't tell her age.
• She officially witnessed the death of Lela Beatrice McAlpine on 15 November 1974 at Hermann Park Manor, 5600 Chenevert in Houston, Harris County, Texas.
• The following appeared on 21 November 1974 in the Navasota Examiner: Funeral services for Mrs. Lela McAlpine Wood Fahey, 94, of 2209 Portsmouth, Houston, were held at 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 18, from St. Anne's Catholic Church, Houston. Mrs. Fahey died Friday, Nov. 15, at a Houston nursing home. She was born Nov. 21, 1879, in White Hall, the daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. John A. McAlpine, pioneer Texans. Her early education was in private schools and she later graduated from the Old Chappel Hill Female College. Her first marriage was to the late Green A. Wood, who died in 1909. She remarried on June 8, 1914, to Pat N. Fahey, attorney, who preceded her in death Dec. 20, 1973. She was past regent of Samuel Sorrell chapter, D.A.R., past president of the Colonial Dames of America, Chapter VIII, member of the Magna Charter Cames, the Newman Circle, and a member of St. Anne's Catholic Church. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Neill F. (Edith Wood) Amsler, Sr. of Houston; three grandchildren, Neill F. Amsler, Jr. and Mrs. George W. Hansen, both of Houston, and Mrs. Melvin X. Hobbs, Jr. of Laguna Niguel, Calif; ten great grandchildren; two great great grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Maude McAlpine Siddall of Navasota, Mrs. Sterrett McAlpine Terry of Alexandria, La., and Mrs. Bess McAlpine Braunig of Lafayette, La; plus numerous nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were Neill F. Amsler, Jr., George W. Hansen, Melvin X. Hobbs, Jr., Truman S. Thomas, Jr., Stewart Perry and Phillip M. Pappas. Honorary pallbearers were Neill F. Amsler, III, George W. Hansen, Jr., Mark Amsler, Melvin X. Hobbbs, III, Patrick Wood Hobbs, Col. James F. Kerr, Lanson F. Demming, and Karl Seiling. In lieu of usual remembrances, friends may contribute to the Larry Amsler Memorial Fund, c-o Hermann Hospital, Houston.
• Mary Edith Wood became a widow at the 11 July 1977 death of her husband Neill Fredrick Amsler.
• At the time of her death Mary Edith Wood was living in Houston, Harris County, Texas, at 2209 Portsmouth.
• Mary Edith Wood died on 10 January 1980 at age 75 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, at St. Luke's Hospital.
• She was interred at Memorial Oaks Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas.

• Last Edited: 28 Jul 2015

• Charts: Descendants of ABERCROMBIE Charles & Edwina Malinda "Dicey" Booth, Descendants of LeGRAND John & Margaret Chambers, Descendants of WOOD William & Lydia Ballentine