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Obituary- Ward, Paul

Paul E. Ward
DELIA - Paul E. Ward, 81, of Delia, died Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2004, at a Topeka hospital. He was born Dec. 19, 1922, in Fairdealing, Mo., to Lloyd and Iona Allen Ward. He grew up in the Fairdealing community. He served in the Army during World War II in the Pacific and received a Purple Heart. He moved to St. Marys in 1947 and worked for Jones Dehydrator Plant. He then moved to Rossville and worked for Berry Elevator for many years. He moved to the Delia community in 1964, where he farmed. He was a member of Jimmie Lillard Post No. 31 of the American Legion in Rossville. He married Delores Marney in Holton. She survives. Other survivors include six daughters, Pauletta High, Centertown, Mo., Vicki Rezac, Delia, Mary Morelan, Doniphan, Mo., and Connie Sue Welch, Sandy Rogers, and Debra Cram, all of California, Mo.; four sons, Gary Ward, Delia, Darrell Eastman, Junction City, and Gearold Ward and Robert Ward, both of Rossville; four sisters, Maxine Clark, Van Buren, Mo., Betty Ederer, Poplar Bluff, Mo., Fay Myers, Fairdealing, Mo., and Wanda Medling, Marble Hill, Mo.; four brothers, Lloyd Ward, Fairdealing, Mo., Lyndel Ward, Oxley, Mo., Mitch Ward, Creive Coeur, Mo., and Dale Ward, Philomath, Ore.; an aunt, Ruth Ward, St. Marys; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a grandson, Stephen Evers, in 1973. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Piper Funeral Home in St. Marys. Burial will be in Delia Cemetery with military graveside services conducted by Jimmie Lillard Post No. 31 of the American Legion in Rossville. He will lie in state after 2 p.m. today at the funeral home in St. Marys, where the family will receive friends from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Memorial contributions may be given to the American Cancer Society, the American Heart Association or Jimmie Lillard Post. No. 31 of the American Legion and sent in care of the funeral home, 714 Maple, St. Marys, Kan., 66536.

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