Mr. Ward was born at Caribou December 31, 1902, son of John and Rachel (Staires) Ward, and had lived most of his life here.
He was a veteran of World War II.
Surviving are four half-brothers Edwin, Wallace, and Charles, all of Belfast, and Lewis of Long Island, N. Y.; a half-sister, Mrs. Maude Haines, Presque Isle; several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be conducted in the chapel of the Graves Funeral Home in Presque Isle Monday at 2 p.m., the Rev. Read Blackstone, Perham, officiating.
Interment will be in Riverside Extension Cemetery Washburn.
[November 1962]