In Memory

Rowena Esther Hood - Class Of 1944

Rowena Esther Hood

Rowena Esther Hood, of Arlington, Virginia, passed away on Wednesday, August 10, 2005 at age 78.  Miss Hood served with the Foreign Service in Jamaica in the mid 1950s and thereafter was employed with the Civil Service in Washington, D.C.

In 1986 she retired from the Protocol Division of the Department of State after 30 years of service, continuing to reside in Arlington until her recent illness.  Traveling widely, she particularly enjoyed Greece and China and trips back to her native California.  Her hobbies were reading and playing bridge, belonging to one bridge group of friends for 45 years.  Her brother David and his wife Lorraine preceded her in death.

Surviviors include her beloved nephews Dr. Andrew D. Hood and his wife Teri and their daughters, and Dr. L. Ronald Hood and his wife Jenny and their children, all of Pine Grove, California.