Janice K. Ward (1945-2021)

WARD, BRADY, ORR, RUSSELL, MANN, AUNER, WOOD, BRADY

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 8/13/2021 at 17:52:58

Janice K. "Jan" Ward, 76, of Maquoketa, Iowa, passed away on Thursday, August 12, 2021, at WestWing Place in DeWitt, Iowa.

A celebration of her life will be held at 10:30 A.M., Wednesday, August 18, 2021, at the Faith United Methodist Church in Monmouth. Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 P.M., Tuesday, August 17, 2021, at Carson Celebration of Life Center in Maquoketa. Burial will be at the Monmouth, Iowa Cemetery.

Janice Kay Brady was born February 1, 1945 in Baldwin, Iowa, to William E. and Ruth Maxine (Orr) Brady. She was a 1962 graduate of Maquoketa High School. After graduation, Jan lived in Anamosa, Cedar Rapids, and Baldwin. She married Larry William Ward in 1967 in Cedar Rapids and they moved to Maquoketa in 1973. Jan had worked for the Health Department at the Jackson County Courthouse in Maquoketa for many years.

Jan was a member of the Faith United Methodist Church in Monmouth. She loved reading, making stained glass art, sewing with her church group, her backyard wildlife, and convertiblizing!

Those left to honor her memory include her husband, Larry Ward of Maquoketa, IA; daughters, Christine (Tracy) Russell of Coralville, IA, and Anne (Ed) Mann of Columbus, OH; 1 grandson, Sam Auner; and sisters, Linda (Alan) Wood of Baldwin, IA, and Kathy Brady of Maquoketa, IA. She was preceded in death by her parents, and a brother Gary Brady.

In lieu of other expressions of sympathy, memorials may be made to the Faith United Methodist Church in Monmouth, WestWing Place, or Heartland Hospice.

The family would like to give special thanks to UIHC and Dr Yousef Zakharia and staff, Genesis Hospital and Westwing Place in Dewitt, and Heartland Hospice.

Online condolences may be left at www.CarsonAndSon.com.

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