Thelma Ruth (Brittain) Ward (2019)

BRITTAIN, GARRETT, MUNNERLYN, SHOESMITH, WARD

Posted By: Shirley Keating
Date: 11/8/2023 at 18:04:32

Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Conway, Arkansas
December 1, 2019

Thelma Ruth Brittain Ward

Thelma Ruth Brittain Ward, 68, of Damascus, passed away peacefully, November 24, 2019. She was born March 19, 1951 in Winterset, Iowa to the late Dow John and Dortha Juanita Brittain. Thelma retired after over 30 years at the VA Hospital. She was a longtime member of St. Jude Catholic Church in Clinton; where she was song leader and organist. Thelma enjoyed reading and the Razorbacks, especially basketball. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Audous Eugene "Gene" Ward and brother, Robert Gene Shoesmith.

Thelma is survived by her daughter, Jeri Michelle Ward (Paul) Munnerlyn of Austin, Ark., grandson, Justin (Sara) Munnerlyn of Cabot, Ark., sister, Clara Elizabeth Garrett, two brothers, Roger Denton Shoesmith and Austin Frank Brittain, and a host of nieces, nephews, family and friends.

Rosary will begin at 6 p.m. and be followed by Visitation until 8 p.m. Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at Roller McNutt Funeral Home in Greenbrier. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, December 4, 2019. at St Jude Catholic Church in Clinton, Ark. with Father Luke Womack officiating. Burial will follow at Pine Mt. Cemetery in Damascus, Arkansas.

The family asks that instead of flowers donations be made to alzark.org/give/ and that everyone please wear their Razorback gear or her favorite color blue to services.

Transcriber's Note: Thelma Brittain Ward graduated from Winterset High School, Winterset IA, with the Class of 1969. (The Husky, a publication of the Winterset High School, May 2020, Vol. 32 No. 3)