Cecilia Genevieve Wood

Beloved Wife, Mother, Grandmother & Great-Grandmother

January 11, 1924 - July 28, 2022

Cecilia was born on January 11, 1924, to Eugene and Alice Aiu. She was one of 8 siblings – Margaret, Harold, Cecilia, Andrew, Ernest, Alma, Raymond, and Patrick - in a very tight-knit family through their childhood and adult years.

She graduated from Kaua‘i High and attended Honolulu Business College. When World War II broke out in 1941 , she worked as a secretary with the United States Engineering Department and then at Tripler Army Medical Center where she met Arthur Ka‘imi Wood. The couple wed on January 24, 1948, and were happily married for 61 years when Arthur passed away in 2009.

The couple was blessed with 5 children - Genevieve Leilani Wood, Patricia Healani Hessler (Peter), Marian Iwalani Wood, Ramona Ke‘elikōlani Wood-Sword (Max), and Christopher Ka‘imi Wood (Lily). They also have 5 grandchildren - Angela Arana (Helio), Christilei Hessler, Peter Arthur Hessler, Kainoa Wood, and Ka‘iulani Wood, and 6 great grandchildren - Shawn Wood, Jasmyne Wood, Bella Arana, Sophia Arana, Olivia Arana, and Joseph Arana.

Cecilia was a devout Catholic throughout her life. She also loved bowling, Hawaiian music, and, yes, she also loved traveling to Las Vegas where she played a mean game of poker.

Cecilia was a loving daughter, wife, mother, sister, aunt, grandmother, and great-grandmother, and is missed dearly by so many, but her memory will live on in all our hearts.

Celebration of Life

Wednesday, August 17, 2022

Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa

712 N. School Street, Honolulu

Visitation 10am-11am

Mass: 11am

A private service for family will be held

at the National Cemetery of the Pacific

at Punchbowl on August 22, 2022, at 2pm.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.BorthwickOahu.com for the Wood family.