Darlene Virginia Rue-Wood

Darlene Virginia Rue-Wood, 77, of Winfield, KS passed away Sunday, April 12, 2026 at her home with her husband by her side.

Celebration of life services will be held at 4:00 PM Thursday April 16, 2026 at the Shelley Family Funeral Home of Winfield. Memorial contributions may be made the Winfield VFW 3544; contributions may be left in the care of the funeral home.

Darlene was born on January 4, 1949 in Battle Creek, MI to parents Warner Albert and Viola Jesse (Rue) Thurman. Darlene worked for many years in banking and in quality control in manufacturing. On January 22, 1999 she was united in marriage to the love of her life, Maynard Wood. They later moved to Winfield. Darlene enjoyed being involved in the Winfield VFW and American Legion, she helped with every holiday community event and was thankful for the friends she made there. Darlene was always quick to laugh and very detail oriented. She found immense joy gardening, making arts and crafts, going to the Walnut Valley Bluegrass festival, and in recent years enjoyed baking bread and Legos. She loved collecting frogs, her self-proclaimed spirit animal and had a sweet tooth of biblical proportions. Most of all she loved spending time with her family and friends.

Survivors include her husband Maynard Wood, sons Jason Crain, John Crain (Rene), Mike Wood, and daughter April Biesel, and great-grandchildren Damion Wood and Domnique. She is preceded in death by her parents and sister Wanda.