Roger Wood, first lieutenant, U.S. Army, is shown shaking hands with Merced County Veterans Service Officer Edward Skelton. Wood was among three grand marshals at the 2025 Merced County Veterans Day Parade. Merced FOCUS photo.
Roger Wood, first lieutenant, U.S. Army, is shown shaking hands with Merced County Veterans Service Officer Edward Skelton. Wood was among three grand marshals at the 2025 Merced County Veterans Day Parade. Merced FOCUS photo.
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Roger Wood was a Merced County icon and trailblazer who hosted the program “Community Conversations” on KYOS.

Following his recent passing, we are inviting our readers to share their stories and photographs of Roger. We will collect these stories and publish them online in a tribute before his celebration of life, scheduled for Wednesday, August 26 at 10:00 am at Atwater Community Center. 

Upload your stories and photos about Roger in this Google form. Please submit by Friday, Aug. 22 so we have time to prepare the tribute. 

If you have photos of Roger you’d like to share, email them to victor@cvlocaljournalism.org.