Mildred Chappell Wood

St. George/Lyman, Utah - Our kind and loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother, Mildred Chappell Wood, age 99, passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 18, 2018 at her home in St. George, with her family at her side. She was born November 3, 1918 in Lyman, a daughter of George Alvin and Ethel Mae Maxfield Chappell. She graduated from Wayne High School, Class of 1936. She married her eternal companion, Ivan Wood, December 19, 1938 in the Manti LDS Temple. He preceded her in death on September 7, 2010. Millie was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving in the Primary, Sunday School, MIA and Relief Society. She also served in the Manti Temple for many years. Millie was a member of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, the High Country Quilters and she served on the Wayne County Fair Board and as a Voting Judge. She enjoyed doing genealogy, Temple work, quilting, gardening and horse back riding. Millie is survived by her children: Sandra Mae and Jim Stoddard, Trena Wood, Margaret and Gary Atkinson, all of St. George; Karla and Jack Finnegan of South Jordan; 20 grandchildren and 9 step-grandchildren; 82 great-grandchildren and 23 great-great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband; her son, Michael Wood; 2 great-grandsons: Drex Jade Taylor and Adam Ray Lloyd; and her siblings: Sperry Alvin Chappell, Alton Hiett Chappell, Niel Vee Chappell, George Eldon Chappell, Helen C. Morrell; Glen Sherman Chappell, Roscoe Verl Chappell, Max Elijah Chappell and Don Austin Chappell. Funeral services will be held Thursday, August 23, 2018 at 1:00 P.M. in the Lyman LDS Ward Chapel, where friends may call for viewing Thursday morning from 11:00 to 12:30 prior to the services. Burial will be in the Lyman Cemetery under the care of the Springer Turner Funeral Home of Richfield and Salina, Utah.