OBIT: William R. WARD, 1998, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  WARD
  
  William R. Ward, 60, of Indiana died Dec. 2, 1998, at Indiana
  Hospital.  A son of Richard T. and Renatha Hruscienski Ward, he was
  born June 25, 1938, in New Kensington.  He was a veteran of the
  Vietnam Conflict, having obtained the rank of lieutenant with the
  U.S. Navy.  He earned his undergraduate degree at the University of
  Ohio, along with a master's degree in journalism.  Employed as
  council executive for the Boy Scouts of America for the past 32
  years, having traveled extensively in that position.  He served the
  Penn's Woods Council in this region for the past 8 years.  Surviving
  is his wife, Mildred A. "Jill" Ward, Indiana; two brothers and one
  sister: Thomas J. Ward and his wife Lynn, Bethel Park, Pa.; Janice E.
  Black and her husband Warren, Chillicothe, Ohio; Richard G. Ward and
  his wife Sherry, Chillicothe; also 10 nieces and nephews; one aunt,
  Valeda Moret and her husband Peter, Lower Burrell, Pa.  Preceded in
  death by parents.  Friends received from 2-4 and 7-9 Saturday at
  Bowser-Minich Funeral Home, Indiana, where a wake service will be
  held Saturday.  Funeral Mass will be celebrated Monday at St. Mary
  Catholic Church, Chillicothe, Ohio.  Interment, St. Margaret
  Cemetery, Chillicothe.  Memorial contributions may be made to Penn's
  Woods Council, Johnstown Scout Service Center, 664 Tire Hill Road,
  Route 403, PO Box 352, Tire Hill, Pa. 15959.
  
  Daily American, December 4, 1998
  
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