WARD, John W. "Jack" = WWII - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

John W. “Jack” Ward, 59, Darlington, died at 7:45 a.m. Thursday, November 17, at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. He was the brother of Larry Ward of Mellott and Mary Jo Smith of Kingman.

  He was born in Montgomery county January 11, 1924. On November 1, 1947, he married Katherine Ruth Vice, who survives. He was an Army veteran of World War II and was awarded the Bronze Star. He was a member of Darlington American Legion, 40 and 8, Darlington Masonic Shrine, and Scottish Rite of Indianapolis and the Montgomery county Shrine Club.

  Other survivors include his mother of Darlington; a son, Rick W. Ward of Crawfordsville; a daughter, Mrs. Amy Wilcox of Darlington; three other brothers, Phil and Don Ward, both of Crawfordsville; and Harry Ward of Lake Holiday; five other sisters, Betty Wilson and Doris Keffer, both of Crawfordsville; Rosemarie Hollaway of Wingate, Mrs. Dean Sester of Danville, and Beverly High of Mace; and two grandchildren.

  Services were conducted Saturday at Burkhart Funeral Home’s Darlington Chapel with Rev. Wayne McAvoy officiating. Burial was at Greenlawn cemetery at Darlington. The family requests that any memorials be in the form of contributions to Methodist Hospital, Hospice Unit, in Indianapolis.-s