Delores Mae Ward

Delores Mae Ward, wife of Harold D. Ward, was mother to four but a source of positive guidance to hundreds of children during her years as an elementary school teacher in Sioux City, Iowa.  Delores was a strong link in a long line of educators including her granddaughter, her daughters, her mother, her grandmother and her great grandmother. She was awarded teacher of the year in 1992.

Throughout her life, Delores earned the appreciation of neighbors and grandchildren while making the freshest homemade bread, sticky rolls, and strawberry jam. In addition, she cheered many with her embroidered personalized towels for friends, family and homebound Riverside Lutheran Church members. Her quilting group at the church made blankets for veterans in the area.

Since her retirement, Delores kept a garden populated with flowering plants and shrubs, rabbits and birds.

Her travels began early in life with time in Philadelphia, Seward and San Diego. Harold and Delores traversed the continent with the Ward children while camping in national parks throughout the Western United States. They traveled to visit family in Minneapolis, Baltimore, Colorado, Montana, Topeka, Reno, Texas, St. Pete Beach, Alaska, Canada, and, of course, South Dakota.

In addition to her husband, Harold D. Ward of 65 years, Delores is survived by children: Josephine M. Yaeger, David J. Ward, Roxanne Ward Zaghab, and Kathaleen L. Kennedy; ten grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

A service in her honor will be held on July 11^th at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel, 3220 Stone Park Blvd in Sioux City, 12:00 p.m. noon. Come as you are.