Wasco-Marion County OR Archives Obituaries.....Ward, Letha May January 20, 2005
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The Dalles Chronicle, January 24, 2005
     Letha May Ward, 85, a resident of The Dalles, died at a local hospital on 
Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005.
     She was born Aug. 24, 1919, in Salem, Ark., the second of four children 
to Joseph Jefferson and Addie (Emery) Barnett.
     She grew up in Salem and married her husband, Cletus Curtis Ward, there, 
in 1936.
     They lived most of their married life in California, but did return to 
Arkansas for several years before Cletus' death. In 1975, Letha moved to The 
Dalles to be near family. 
     She was a homemaker but had also worked other jobs including for Camlu 
Retirement Home. She was also a volunteer with Pioneer Potlatch.
     She enjoyed gardening, roses, making quilts and doing word puzzles.
     She is survived by her sons and their spouses; Curtis Ward, Jerry and Pat 
Ward, all of The Dalles, Leon and Carol Ward, Rufus, and Larry and Judy Ward, 
Dallesport; seven grandchildren; numerous great grandchildren; her sister, 
Opal Dickens, The Dalles; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Cletus, in 1974 and her brothers, 
James and Roy Barnett.
     Graveside services were held at The Dalles Three Mile Road IOOF Cemetery 
today, Jan. 24, with Spencer, Libby & Powell Funeral Home in care of 
arrangements.


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Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, 
Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006).


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