Clark County NV Archives Obituaries.....Ward, Joseph Leo June 11, 2005
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Las Vegas Review Journal  6//2005
Joseph Leo Ward, loving father, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend to 
everyone he knew, died Saturday, June 11, 2005. Joe was born Nov. 13, 1923, in 
Taunton, Mass., to Katherine and William. He grew up in Rhode Island and served 
our country during World War II on the USS Matagorda and the USS Kasaan Bay. At 
the end of the war, he obtained a GED and attended UNR where he met the love of 
his life, Evelyn Rhodehamel. On Aug. 25, 1951, they were married in a Catholic 
church across the street from Manzanita Hall. Joe and Evelyn taught school at 
the Reese River Indian Reservation and in Stockton, Calif. Joe was teaching the 
sixth grade in 1955, when he moved his family to Washington D.C. With a great 
interest in the law and with encouragement from Nevada's Senator Alan Bible, he 
attended George Washington School of Law and worked in the U.S. Capital 
building. Joe practiced law in Nevada in the early 1960's, and from 1966 to 
1969, he served as U.S. Attorney for Nevada before accepting the position of 
Assistant General Counsel for the Senate Committee on Small Business in the 
U.S. Senate in Washington D.C. In 1972, he and his family returned to Nevada 
where Joe served a second term as U.S. Attorney before accepting a presidential 
appointment to sit as Nevada's first U.S. Chief Magistrate. Joe eventually 
retired from federal service in 1988. Joe was involved in the political world 
during his college days and before becoming a U.S. Attorney. At UNR, he was 
president of the Sigma Nu fraternity. He was a founding member and president of 
the Sons of Erin. He was a grand knight with the Knights of Columbus. He also 
initiated Law Day in Nevada, which is May 1st. Joe was preceded in death by his 
wife, Evelyn; daughter, Jeannie; and parents and several brothers and sisters. 
He is survived by his sister, Kay Farrell; brother, Hugh Ward; daughters, 
Evelyn Harrington and Alice Ward; sons, Joseph Ward, William Ward, John Ward 
and Robert Ward; and 16 grandchildren. Thursday, June 16, at 6 p.m. there will 
be a Rosary at Palm Mortuary, 7600 S. Eastern Ave. Friday, June 17, Joe will be 
buried next to his soul mate, Evelyn, at Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial 
Cemetery in a private ceremony. In lieu of flowers, Joe mentioned before he 
died that he would prefer donations made to the Juvenile Diabetes Research 
Foundation.



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