I could not attend. I had plans I could not postpone. I knew Eddie from athletic events etc.
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‘It's OK, Eddie. Dad's here.' :
http://www.omaha.com/article/20100711/NEWS01/707119919#it-s-ok-eddie-dad-s-hereToday's story here:
http://www.omaha.com/article/20100717/NEWS01/707189971#mourners-salute-fallen-soldierEddie's photo:
http://www.omaha.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=OW&Date=20100717&Category=NEWS01&ArtNo=707189971&Ref=AR&maxw=490&maxh=275Published Saturday July 17, 2010
Dundee Presbyterian Church in midtown Omaha was packed Saturday morning for the funeral of Pfc. Edwin Wood, who was killed July 5 in Afghanistan.
The 18-year-old — a 2009 Omaha North High graduate — was a scout with the Army's 10th Mountain Division. He died when insurgents bombed his vehicle near Kandahar.
On Saturday, hundreds of Patriot Guard riders were on hand to provide an escort and a salute to the fallen soldier.
In addition, dozens of people — neighbors as well as people who did not know Wood or his family — lined Underwood Avenue for several blocks, holding American flags in tribute.
After the service, a massive line of cars — and the Patriot Guard — joined the funeral procession to Forest Lawn for the burial service.
Wood's relatives include his parents, Janis Boehmer and Thomas Wood, both of Omaha; brothers, T.J. Wood of Fairfield, Iowa, and Josh Doyle from near Waterloo, Iowa; sister, Isabeau Tholen of Omaha; and grandparents Chuck Wood of Sioux Falls, S.D., and Marilyn Scott of Omaha.