Ellen Faye Wood

Ellen Faye Wood was known to most as Faye Wood. However, she was known by many as Mom, Grandma and Great-Grandma.

Faye passed away on Jan. 5, 2025, in Billings, Mont. Her final years were spent at Sweetwater Retirement Community in Billings, where she quickly made many friends.

Faye was born May 22, 1937, in Sidney, Mont., to Alice and Clinton Chapman and attended schools in Sidney, Mont.; Lambert, Mont.; and North St. Paul, Minn. She graduated from Montana State College (now MSU) in 1959. At the age of 21, her mother’s husband, George Prevost, adopted her and became the biggest blessing to Faye. Her family continues to benefit from George’s hard work and generosity.

Faye met Keith Wood while working in Wolf Point, where she taught school from 1959 to 1963. They married on June 15, 1962, in Sidney. As Keith’s journalism career grew during the 1960s, the couple lived in Livingston, Mont.; Billings, Mont.; St. Joseph, Mich.; and Boise, Idaho.

The couple returned to Wolf Point in 1970 when Keith’s father asked him to help run the family’s company, Wood’s Powr-Grip. Faye would join WPG in 1974, when the company had only 15 employees. Together, Keith and Faye grew the business and developed strong relationships with distributors worldwide. Keith and Faye were regular attendees of regional glass expos and often traveled to Germany for the International Glasstec shows. The couple often had businesspeople from overseas stay at her home in Wolf Point with Faye as their gracious hostess. Faye was a strong woman and never hesitated to speak her mind. Her ability to manage business was evident in everything she participated in.

With her engaging and fearless personality, Faye fostered a family atmosphere that shaped WPG’s company culture. It proved so strong that when the couple made the difficult decision to relocate the company from Wolf