Ralph Willis Ward (1907 - 1981)

WARD, WALKER, NASON, MILLER

Posted By: Pamela Wagler
Date: 2/18/2021 at 17:50:06

The Hawk Eye
Burlington, Iowa
September 9, 1981

Ralph Willis Ward

FREMONT - Ralph Willis Ward, 74, Fremont, died at 3:10 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 6, in Mahaska County Hospital, Oskaloosa.

He was born May 3, 1907, in Burlington to Zed and Minnie Walker Ward. He married Hazel Nason Aug. 5, 1960, in Lancaster, Mo.

Mr. and Mrs. Ward operated Hazel's, a restaurant at Sigourney, and moved to Fremont eight years ago, where they operated the Cozy Corner Cafe. He was a member of the United Methodist Church and the Eagles Lodge.

Surviving: his wife; son Ralph W., Jr., Marshalltown; daughter Margie Miller, Burlington; stepson Paul Nason, Harper; two stepdaughters, Barbara Gillialand, Davenport, and Linda DeGroot, Lee's Summit, Mo.; eight grandchldren; six stepgrandchildren; and two stepgreat-grandchildren.

Funeral: 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Fremont Chapel, the Rev. Robert D. Foster; Cedar Township Memorial Cemetery.