Harriet Ellis Rice Wood, 95, of Madison, formerly of Clinton, wife of the late Joe F. Wood, Jr., died peacefully Dec. 6 at Middlesex Hospital Hospice. Harriet was born June 27, 1918 in Marlborough, Massachusetts to the late John Edward Rice and Helen Bullard Ellis Rice.

As a child, Harriet enjoyed many summers at Camp Wahtona on Cape Cod. She graduated from Wheelock College, and married Joe in 1941. They traveled extensively because of his career as a baseball pitcher in the minor leagues. They lived in Louisville, Kentucky, San Diego, California, and Sacramento, California. They settled in Shohola, Pennsylvania, where Harriet and Joe operated a mink ranch while raising their four children. In 1959 they moved the ranch to Clinton, where they lived for 44 years.

They enjoyed boating on Long Island Sound and spending time with their family. After Joe died, Harriet moved to the Hearth at Tuxis Pond in Madison, where she resided for 10 years. Harriet will be fondly remembered for her extraordinarily sweet, happy, upbeat personality, and her deep love of family.

She is survived by her sons David Wood and wife Cyndi of Milford, Pennsylvania, Richard Wood and his wife Peggy of Juneau, Arkansas, and Jonathan Wood and his wife Susan of Madison; her daughter Carol Wood of Hermosa Beach, California; four grandsons, Kenneth, Daniel, Alexander, and Evan; and two great-grandsons, Thomas and James. She was predeceased by her brother John; and sisters Helen,Virginia, Constance, and Shirley.

A burial ceremony will be held privately in Shohola, Pennsylvania. Donations in memory of Harriet may be made to the Hospice and Palliative Care Program at Middlesex Hospital, Office of Philanthropy, 28 Crescent Street, Middletown, CT 06457, or online at middlesexhospital.org/support-middlesex-hospital/donate-now, or to the Alzheimer’s Association.