Rosalie J. Ward

September 15, 1921 — December 21, 2002

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Rosalie J. Ward, 81, a resident of Willow Gardens Care Center in Marion, Iowa, formerly of Maroa, Illinois, died Saturday, December 21, 2002, at the care center, following a lengthy illness. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday, December 26, 2002 at Calvert Funeral Home in Maroa, Illinois by Rev. Jay Kent Hickerson. Friends may call from 9:30 a.m. to service time at the funeral home. Burial: Maroa Cemetery, Maroa, Illinois. Arrangements by Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion, Iowa.

Survivors include her son, Stephen A. Ward and wife Martha of Cedar Rapids; a sister, Virginia Lienhart of Maroa, Illinois; a brother, John Perry of Hoffman Estates, Illinois; and three grandchildren, Melissa, Christopher and Gregory.

She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Netha Peel; and her husband, John.

Rosalie was born September 15, 1921, the daughter of George and Vernice (Butler) Perry in Maroa, Illinois. She graduated from Maroa High School in 1940. Rosalie married John J. Ward in Maroa. He died December 14, 1977. Rosalie was a homemaker and a lifetime member of the Eastern Star.

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