OBITS: Sturgis News, 1997, Union Co

Copied with Permission of The Sturgis News, Sturgis, Union County,
Kentucky, Wednesday, December 3, 1997, Number 49. Obits on page 2. 


DESTER WARD

Dester Lee Ward, 85, died Tuesday at Bon Harbor Nursing Home &
Rehabilitation Center.

He retired from General Electric in 1972.

He was a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church and was a 1931
graduate of Daviess County High School, where he was president of the Drama
Club.

He was the author of the book, "The Spooky Hills" and a numerous poems,
including "Father's Arms", which received the Golden Poet Award in 1987
from the World of Poetry's board of directors in Las Vegas.

Surviving are seven daughters, Judy Hardesty , Esther Blandford, Denise
Ward and Veatrice Clark, all of Owensboro, Wanda Rickard of Bremen, Millie
Hines of Cincinnatim and Harriet Thomas of Louisville; five sons, Ralph of
Owensboro,  Donald of Elkton, Victor of Philpot, Steven of Lexington, and
David Aaron of Uniontown; a brother, Norbert of Owensboro; 25
grandchildren; 5 step grandchildren; 3 great grandchildren and 6 step great
grandchildren.

His wife, Catherine Shively, died in 1987, and a daughter, Norma Lee
Westerfield, died in 1984. 

Services were at 10am Saturday at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, with burial
in St. Mary of the Woods Cemetery in Whitesville.


From: Maria Troutman <troutman@interquest.de>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998