Kathryn Jane Ward, 85, of Dillsboro passed away on Saturday, February 18, 2017 at Dearborn County Hospital. She was born on Friday September 11, 1931 in Dearborn County to Lytle and Mayme (Mendel) Parks. She was a 1949 graduate of Aurora High School. She married Wilbur D. Ward who preceded her in death. Kathryn was a member of the Dillsboro United Methodist Church, and had been an employee of Tandy’s IGA and had worked at Lake Dilldear. She was a quiet lady with a big heart. She enjoyed cooking and loved baking things for her church family and her many many friends at her apartment complex. She loved word games and cared dearly for her family, never forgetting anybody’s birthday.
Kathryn is survived by daughter Cheryll (Peter) Hendry of Lawrenceburg, grandchildren Leanna Dobbins, Amie Lowe, Kevin Hendry, Andrea Shuter, and Addie Taylor, 14 great grandchildren, daughter-in-law Scarlet Ward, sister Marilyn Probst,and a host of friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, son Stephen Ward and sister Evelyn Manford.
Funeral rites for Kathryn will be 11AM Friday February 24, 2017 at the Dillsboro United Methodist Church with Pastor Mona Safely officiating. Burial will follow in Mt. Sinai Cemetery west of Aurora. Visitation will be Thursday 6-8PM at Filter-DeVries Funeral Home in Dillsboro. Memorials may be made to her church or the cancer fund.
Filter-DeVries Funeral Home, Dillsboro entrusted with the arrangements, Box 146, 12887 Lenover St.,Dillsboro, IN 47018; (812)432-5480.