Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Ward, Kenneth G. 2006
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The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Friday, July 7, 2006
Kenneth G. Ward, age 81,passed away Thursday, July 6, 2006 at his residence. 
He was born on May 5, 1925 in Ionia. Ken was a member of the Portland United 
Methodist Church and the Portland Masonic Lodge. He was a volunteer member of 
the Portland Fire Department as well as the Manager of the D.P.W for the City 
of Portland. He served on the City Council and is a veteran of the United 
States Navy. Ken enjoyed camping and the outdoors and was an avid fisherman 
and hunter. 

He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Virginia, a baby daughter, mother 
and stepfather Edna and Olin Smith and sisters Lillian (Ries) Huizenga and 
Mildred Jewel. Surviving are sons Michael (Diane) Ward of Portland and Douglas 
(Rita) Ward of Stanton; grandchildren: Todd (Denise) Ward, Troy Ward, Heather 
(Brett) Steinbacker, Sara Ward, and Timothy Ward; great grandchildren: 
Chandler Ward, Evan and Brayden Steinbacker; brother, Louis (Sondra) Ward; 
Sister-in-laws Rose Moon, Martha Schwartz, and Kay (Burton) Taylor; brother-in-
laws Claude (Margaret) Thomas, Richard (Delores) Thomas, and Leo (Carolyn) 
Thomas; special friend, Nellie Canterbury; Friend and Neighbor, Alex Scheid. 

The Funeral Service will be conducted by Pastor Gregory R. Wolfe at 11:00 
a.m., Monday, July 10, 2006 at the Portland United Methodist Church, 310 E. 
Bridge St., Portland. Interment will follow in Balcom Cemetery, Ionia. The 
family will receive friends 7-9 p.m., Saturday and 2-4 and 7-9 p.m., Sunday at 
the Schrauben-Lehman Funeral Home, 210 E. Bridge St., Portland. For those 
wishing, memorial contributions may be made to the Jack Breslin Cancer 
Institute in memory of Ken Ward. 


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