Dolores Funai Wood

Background

Wood, Dolores Funai was born on October 5, 1931 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Daughter of Hamlet Virginius and Viola Elizabeth Constance (Mason) Funai.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Education, U. North Carolina, 1953.

Career

Educator of English, Tuckahoe Junior High School, Richmond, Virginia, 1958-1961; educator of history, The Stony Point School, Richmond, Virginia, 1962-1964; educator on herbs, Virginia Commonwealth U., Richmond, Virginia, 1984-1986; educator on herbs, Virginia Cooperative Extension Services, Richmond, Virginia, 1982-1987. Master gardener Virginia Cooperative Extension Scv., Richmond, since 1981. Landscape design critic.

Achievements

• Dolores Funai Wood has been listed as a notable Horticultural lecturer, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Developer garden for handicapped J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, 1982, developer new herb bed Marymont Park, 1982. Originator Herbs Galore Festival Marymont Park, 1985. Advisor Maymont Park, Richmond, since 1985.

Member Old Dominion Herb Society(president 1980-1981), Herb Society of America(regional chairman 1982-1983), Thomas Jefferson Garden Club, The Women's Club, The Tuckahoe Women's Club, The Country Club of Virginia, All Saints Episcopal Church.

Connections

Married William Tiqnor Wood, July 11, 1955. C: Deborah Elaine, William MorisonIII.

Father:

Hamlet Virginius Funai

Mother:

Viola Elizabeth Constance (Mason) Funai

Spouse:

William Tiqnor Wood