Archie Newton Daniel Hood Jr.

Archie Newton Daniel Hood, Jr. died at the age of 88 on June 8, 2016, in Boulder, Colorado after a brief illness. The son of Archie Newton Daniel Hood, Sr. and Thelma Hill Hood, he was born in Ft. worth, Texas on October 23, 1927. He married Estelle Curran in 1962, who preceded him in death, as did his parents. Hood served as a Naval aviator during World War II and was in the Navy Reserve until 1954. He completed medical school at the University of Texas, and worked as a psychiatrist for 40 years. In 1980 he studied archaeology at the University of Oklahoma, because, as he said, he "liked to learn new things," and wrote a dictionary of the Uto-Aztecan Nahuatl language used in central Mexico from 1300 AD to 1519 AD. Hood was a member of the Norman Oklahoma Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served his community as High Priest for many years. In 2001, Hood moved to Boulder, Colorado to be closer to his family.

Hood had varied interests. He enjoyed fly-fishing, classical music and collecting coins and stamps. He was interested in snakes, and while in medical school, milked the venom from rattlesnakes and water moccasins to be used for antivenin. Hood traced the genealogy of his family back to their arrival in this country in the 1600's. He kept abreast of new discoveries in archaeology, history, physics, and astrophysics, and was particularly interested in black holes and dark matter. Hood said he wanted to live to be 100 because he was curious to know what would happed next.

Hood is survived by his daughter, Patricia Hood; granddaughter, Kelly Fenson-Hood; grandson, Ryan Fenson-Hood, his wife, Amanda Alba, and their son, (great-grandson) Fox Hood. A military burial was conducted for Hood at Ft. Logan National Cemetery in Denver, Colorado on June 14, 2016. Memorial donations can be made to the National Veteran's Foundation, 5777 West Century Boulevard Suite 350, Los Angeles, CA 90045, nvf.org.

Arrangements under the direction of Crist Mortuary, Boulder, CO.