Sergeant First Class Jack John Arlin Maywood, Retired, 85, of Granbury, Texas, passed November 1, 2018. A military veteran, Jack served his country during the Korean War and completed two tours in Vietnam to support US military efforts.
He served as a Avionics Equipment Maintenance Mechanic/Supervisor in the United States Army for 29 years. During his service, Jack earned numerous medals including the Bronze Star Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Air Medal and Meritorious Service Medal.
Jack was born to John Joseph Maywood and Edna Eicke, on November 24, 1932, in Pasadena, California.
In 1957, Jack joined the Armed Forces and was assigned to the United States Army base camp in Fort Ord, California. His tours of duty included: Nike Missile sites in California; Ft. Bliss, El Paso, Texas; Vietnam (2); Thule, Greenland; W. Ft. Hood, Texas; and Ft. Wainwright, Alaska (2).
Following his retirement from the military in 1978, Jack worked for and retired from the Federal Aviation Administration in Fairbanks, Alaska, after 16 years; 13 of those years he worked a rotational schedule of two weeks on in Barrow, Alaska, and two weeks off at home in Fairbanks.
Jack eloped with his sweetheart, Vonda Glea Trueblood, to Raton, New Mexico, where they were married on October 17, 1953, and “celebrated” their 65th wedding anniversary from Jack’s hospital room in the ICU.
Together Jack and Vonda raised five beautiful children.
In 1994, Jack and Vonda retired to the “perfect” golf course community in Florence, Oregon, where they were very active and made many friends. Their years in Florence were filled with golf games and tournaments, beach walks, park hikes, and discovering new towns searching for the perfect “Sunday” breakfast spot.
In 2017, they relocated to Granbury, Texas, to be closer to two of their kids and to give Vonda some much-deserved warmth. They found the “perfect” lake front cottage where they enjoyed many sunrises (but very few sunsets) together on the patio of their Lakestone cottage. Jack believed morning was the “perfect” time of day and was up every morning at 5:00am and usually in bed before sunset. Jack was touched when he received a Lakestone Veteran Recognition.
He is survived by his precious wife, Vonda, son, Kenny Maywood (Beth), and four daughters, Kelli Wright (Lonnie), Kristi DiCostanzo (Carmine), Karen Sundborg (Jim), and Keryl Porter (Erik Munson), and his sister, Bonnie Lofton. He also leaves to cherish his memory eight grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
His children remember him as a loving, encouraging father who celebrated all of their successes and as an adventure seeker who enriched all of their lives. Jack’s Florence friends fondly remember him cruising around the golf course in his orange OSU golf cart with his faithful rescue pup, Heidi, by his side.
He was preceded in death by his father, John, his mother, Edna, and sister, Patricia Washburn.
Jack was interred with the military honors due to him at the DFW National Cemetery on November 15, 2018.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to DFW Canines for Veterans Organization at dfwcaninesd.com/donate and/or DFW Wreaths for Heroes (TX0033) at wreathsacrossamerica.org.
The family would like to thank everyone for their prayers and sincere condolences.