Calvin Lafayette Wood, 79, died Aug. 2, 2012, at the VNA Hospice House, Vero Beach.
He was born in Blountstown, and raised in Jacksonville Beach.
He lived in Lancaster, Pa., since 1967, and was a part-time resident of Vero Beach for 12 years before recently relocating here full-time.
He graduated from Fletcher High School in Jacksonville Beach, and later graduated from Jacksonville Junior College.
He served in the Air Force and Air National Guard, retiring in 1975 as a lieutenant colonel.
He also worked as a commercial pilot for 25 years for Pan Am and Delta Air Lines.
He was a member of the American Contract Bridge League and Jacksonville Beach Volunteer Lifesaving Corps.
He was a member of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Lancaster and attended First Covenant Church in Vero Beach.
Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Maryann Wood; sons, Jeffery Wood, of Blue Bell, Pa., and Scott Wood, of Carlsbad, Calif.; daughter, Angela Boling, of Vero Beach; brother, Leonard Wood, of Atlantic Beach; and seven grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by one brother and five sisters.
A memorial service will be at 4 p.m. Aug. 5 at First Covenant Church in Vero Beach.
Inurnment will be at Jacksonville National Cemetery at a later date.
Arrangements are by Cox Gifford Seawinds Funeral Home & Crematory.
A guestbook is available at www.seawindsfh.com.