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Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, July 18, 2013

Maryville couple to mark 45th anniversary July 26

Jim Ward and Joyce Baker Ward were married July 26, 1968 at the First Baptist Church in Mount Ayr. Jim is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ardis Ward and Joyce is the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Baker, both of Mount Ayr.

Jim was a 1961 graduate of Mount Ayr Community high school. He started working at Brown's Shoe Fit Co. in Creston in 1968. In 1980 the Ward family relocated to Maryville, MO where Jim served as manager of the Brown's Shoe Fit store. He made lots of friends while managing the store and has been enjoying his retirement since January 2008. He enjoys playing pool at the Senior Center, helping Joyce with the kids at the school and playing with this grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Joyce is a 1968 graduate of Mount Ayr Community high school. She was a stay-at-home mom until 1990 when she began a career in the day care field. She has taught at Noah's Ark Daycare, Precious Years Daycare and currently is employed at Saint Francis Preschool and Childcare. In the past 23 years she has touched a lot of children's lives, preparing them for school andn even today she enjoys seeing how they have grown up.

Jim and Joyce have attended and been active members of the Maryville Church of the Nazarene since their movie to Maryville in 1980. The couple has three daughters, Sarah Bix, heather Nicolosi and Laura Parman; sons-in-law, Tracy Bix, Chris Nicolosi and Josh Parman; 14 grandchildren, Dylan, Justin, Brittany, Taylor, Caleb P., Daniel, Caleb N., Rebecca, Logan, Katelyn, Stella, Josiah and twin boys on the way, and one great-grandchild, Brentley Marriott.

The family is hosting a card shower in their honor. Cards and correspondence may be sent to Jim and Joyce Ward, [address], Maryville, MO 64468.

Photographs courtesy of Mount Ayr Record-News

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, September of 2013

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