Hugh F. Wood a native of Bridgeport who resided in Trumbull for many years passed away on Monday, October 19, 2015 at Maefair Rehabilitation Center. Mr. Wood was 86 years old. He leaves behind his loving and devoted wife of sixty-five years, Helen (Dirgo), and three daughters, Linda and her husband Warren of Scottsdale Arizona, Sue and her husband Ben of Wenham, Massachusetts and Christine and her husband Alan of Branford, Connecticut. He was the proud "papa" of five grandchildren, Joshua, Donald, Faith Lee, and Sam, who will deeply miss his sense of humor. He is pre-deceased by his parents, Thomas Wood and Margaret (Bain). Mr. Wood was the last surviving brother of a large Scottish family who emigrated from Scotland to the Bridgeport area. He is pre-deceased by his sisters Ann (Crenwick), Isabel (Rezulli) and brothers, Tom, Peter, Jimmy, and his identical twin, George . Mr.Wood served in the United States Army during the Korean War and loved to recall the tale of when he was aboard an aircraft carrier leaving San Francisco and heading to Japan. He felt nausea and knew something was happening with his pregnant wife back home. Upon arrival, he happily learned that his first daughter had been born. While enlisted, Hugh and his identical twin brother George had fun confusing the commanding officers. Upon returning from the service, Mr. Wood was employed briefly at General Electric before transferring to Avco-Lycoming, where he started as a printer. He ended his career forty -two years later as Reproduction Services Manager. Hugh's real passions were sports and music. As a boy he sung locally with his twin brother and continued his passion into retirement, singing with two barbershop quartets. He enjoyed his time as sexton at St. John's Russian Orthodox Church and singing responses to the daily service, and was also a founding member of St. John's Male Chorus. The highlight of his music career was singing at Carnegie Hall. In sports, while working at the Bridgeport Boys Club, he coached two teams to state basketball championships. A passionate Red Sox fan he adored Ted Williams, cherishing the two recent Red Sox championships and numerous Celtic titles. Funeral services will take place on Monday, October 26th at 9:15am in the Adzima Funeral Home 50 Paradise Green Place Stratford and at 10 a.m. in the Carpatho Russian Orthodox Church of St. John the Baptist, Bridgeport, for a Requiem Funeral Service. Interment will be in St. John's Cemetery Stratford. Friends may call on Sunday from 2-5 p.m. Panachida at 3 p.m. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the Alzheimer's Association located at 225 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60601-7633 or at www.alz.org or the Southwest Autism Research and Resource Center, SARRC, located at 300 North 18th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85006. www.autismcenter.org