Dwight Underwood Obituary

Dwight Lorin Underwood, died peacefully on April 3, 2009 in his home in Colorado Springs surrounded by his wife and family at the age of 74. Dwight had been fighting cancer since December 2008. The Lord took him home and he is resting peacefully, free of pain. Dwight was born on November 3rd, 1934 to Dwight and Josephine Underwood in Beatrice, Nebraska. Dwight graduated Leuzinger High School in Inglewood, California in 1952. He proudly served with the Green Berets in the United States Army 82nd Airborne Paratroopers from March of 1953 until March of 1956. He obtained his pilot's license for single engine planes in 1967, a favorite hobby of his for years to follow. Dwight met the love of his life at Engineered Electronics in Santa Ana, California where they both worked. He married Anna Mae Rains on December 19th, 1963 in Costa Mesa, California. They recently celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary in Kansas on their way to visit family in Oklahoma for the holidays. Dwight and Ann started their family in Fountain Valley, California with the birth of their 3 daughters, Kelly Lynn, Tracy Lee, and Brandy Lynn. The family moved to Prague, Oklahoma in 1971 where they purchased a home in the country. In 1973, Dwight and Ann were blessed with the birth of their son, Robert Allen. The family lived and operated this farm for years providing a lifetime of happy memories to cherish. Dwight has been a business owner, inventory and purchasing manager, and most recently was building contract manager at Peterson AFB in Colorado Springs. Dwight had a passion for history, skiing, flying, sightseeing, swimming, horseback riding, golfing, OU and Dallas Cowboys football games, playing poker with friends, and trips to Cripple Creek with his wife. Dwight was also a very gifted craftsman and in recent years began a business with his son, Bobby, crafting beautiful aspen wood picture frames, tables, log beds, china hutches, banisters, and multiple other custom wood pieces. Dwight is survived by his loving wife, Ann Underwood, his daughter Kelly Robison, her children Brittany and Joshua, and daughter-in-law Jessica, of Colorado Springs, CO., his daughter Tracy Shepherd, son-in-law Steve and their three sons Dustin, Dillon and Dalton, of Seminole, OK., his daughter Brandy Underwood and her son Tyler, of Colorado Springs, CO. and his son Bobby, daughter-in-law Sheri, and their children Rylan, Zachary, and Kenzie, of Colorado Springs, CO, his sister Leslie Odevseff and her two daughters Carol and Barbara, of Witchita, KS., his brother-in-law John Rains and sister-in-law Barbara of Prague, OK, their children Myra, Johnny, and Scott, his sister-in-law Betty Jensen, her husband Eddie, and their 3 children Shaun, Shannon, and Sherri all of Prague, OK, his sister-in-law Ruby Barnes, her husband Derral and their children Gayle, Paul and Wayne of California, and his brother-in-law Bill Rains as well as his family pets Boomer and Sasha. Dwight is preceded in death by his parents Dwight and Josephine Underwood, his brother-in-law Alec Odevseff, his father-in-law Clarence Rains and his mother-in-law Ollie Mae Rains. The family will hold a memorial service on April 10th, 2009 at First United Methodist Church located at 420 N. Nevada Avenue in Colorado Springs. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to be made to the Springs Rescue Mission in Dwight's name. Our family would like to thank friends and family who have provided meals, flowers, cards, phone calls, prayers, time helping, visiting and offering support throughout the past few months. Dwight was a wonderful husband, father, brother, grandfather, uncle, and friend. He was compassionate, kind, hard-working, honest, courageous, and loyal. John 15:13 reads "greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends." Dwight provided a wonderful life for his family, always putting the needs of others ahead of his own. His family will miss him dearly, but will treasure their memories and know he is at peace, home with God.