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Mary L. Helms

Mary L. Helms

Nov 11, 2020

Mary L. Helms, 60. Linn, died Wednesday, November 11, 2020 at the Washington County Hospital. A private family funeral will be held 2:30 p.m., Saturday, November 14, at Immanuel Lutheran Church, west of Linn. Visitation will begin at 1:30 p.m. The service will be live streamed on the Ward Funeral Home Facebook page Burial will be in the Immanuel Lutheran...

Bernadette L'Ecuyer

Bernadette L'Ecuyer

Nov 9, 2020

Bernadette L'Ecuyer, 91, Haddam, died Monday, November 9, 2020 at the Washington County Hospital. Visitation will be from noon until 5 p.m., Friday, November 13, 2020 at Ward Funeral Home Washington. A vigil service will be 7 p.m., Friday, at St. Augustine Catholic Church, Washington. Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10 a.m., Saturday, November 14, at St. Augustine...

Larry D. Ouellette

Larry D. Ouellette

Nov 9, 2020

Larry D. Ouellette, 80, Washington, died November 9, 2020 at the Washington County Hospital. Visitation will be from noon until 8 p.m., Thursday, November 19, 2020 at Ward Funeral Home, Washington. A funeral service will be held 10 a.m., Friday, November 20, 2020 at St. Augustine Catholic Church, Washington. Father Joseph Kieffer will officiate. Sheila Ouellette will be the organist....

Jim J. Cordry

Jim J. Cordry

Nov 8, 2020

Jimmie Jerome Cordry, 77, died on November 8, 2020. Visitation will be 5 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, November 11, 2020 at Ward Funeral Home, Washington. A celebration of life service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, November 12 at Ward Funeral Home, Washington, KS. Pallbearers are Justin Cordry, Dean Dittmer, Steven Dittmer, James Dittmer, Shawn Dittmer and David...

Edgar Helms

Edgar Helms

Oct 17, 2020

Edgar Loren Helms, 92, Linn, died Saturday, October 17, 2020 at the Linn Community Nursing Home. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m., Friday, October 23 at Ward Funeral Home in Linn, KS. A funeral service will be held 10 a.m., Saturday, October 24 at Immanuel Lutheran Church, west of Linn. Masks are recommended. Pastor Richard Rikli will officiate. Amanda...

Edwin A. Beikmann

Edwin A. Beikmann

Oct 12, 2020

Edwin A. Beikmann, 84, died October 12, 2020 at the Clay County Medical Center, Clay Center, KS. Visitation was held Friday, October 16, 2020 from 2 to 8 p.m. at Ward Funeral Home, Linn. A funeral service was at 10 a.m., Saturday, October 17 at Zion Lutheran Church, Linn with Pastor David Gruoner officiating. The funeral was shown on our...

Marvin "Tug" L. DeLay

Marvin "Tug" L. DeLay

Oct 9, 2020

Marvin LeRoy “Tug” DeLay, 92, Morrowville, died October 9, 2020 at his home. Visitation was held Thursday, October 15 from noon until 8 p.m. at Ward Funeral Home in Washington. A funeral service was 10:30 a.m., Friday, October 16 at Ward Funeral Home. Pastor Dan Norwood officiated. Music played was "I Walk the Line," "Wind Beneath My Wings," "If Tomorrow...

Deborah S. le Roux

Deborah S. le Roux

Oct 5, 2020

Deborah S. le Roux, 57, died October 5th, 2020, at MercyOne Medical Center, Des Moines, Iowa. A private service was held at St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery, Kimeo, Kansas. The service was live-streamed and viewable online on the Ward Funeral Home Facebook page. A Celebration of Life event will be planned at a later date. Debbie was born on June 15th,...

Ramona L. Hiesterman

Ramona L. Hiesterman

Sep 12, 2020

Beloved Mom, Wife, Grandma, and GiGi, Ramona Lynn Hiesterman, was called home to her Lord and Savior on September 12, 2020. Visitation was Tuesday, September 15, from 1 to 8 p.m. at Ward Funeral Home in Linn, KS. A celebration of her life was held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, September 16, at Zion Lutheran Church in Linn. Pastor David Gruoner...

Daniel G. Matthews

Daniel G. Matthews

Sep 6, 2020

Daniel Glenn Matthews 60, Washington, died Sunday, September 6, 2020 at his home. A funeral was held at 11 a.m., Thursday, September 10 at the Washington Christian Church, Washington. Rev. Jim Stark officiated. Eulogist was Faith Matthews. Gay Lynn Manning was organist and Amelia L’Ecuyer sang “Amazing Grace,” “Danny Boy” and “Down to the River to Pray.” The congregation sang...

Bradley W. Prior

Bradley W. Prior

Sep 4, 2020

Bradley Wayne Prior, 59, died Friday, September 4, 2020 at the Salina Regional Health Center, Salina. A Celebration of Life was held at the Washington First National Bank on September 20, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. for family and friends. The family remained after to visit and share memories. Pastor Ron Brown officiated. Bradley Wayne Prior was born August 18, 1961...

Russell "Rusty" L. Thorman

Russell "Rusty" L. Thorman

Aug 19, 2020

Rusty Thorman, 64, Wakefield, passed away August 19, 2020 at the Salina Regional Health Center, Salina, with his wife, Jody by his side. A memorial service was held Sunday, September 6th at 10:00 a.m. by the pagoda in the Wakefield City Park, Wakefield KS. Diane Rudd was Eulogist and the song "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" was played. Rusty was...

Terry N. Taylor

Terry N. Taylor

Aug 6, 2020

After a short battle with cancer Terry Newman Taylor, 80, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, on August 6, 2020. To family and friends, Terry was known as Pop, Papa and the K.I.D. Visitation was from 1 to 8 p.m., Thursday, August 13, 2020 at Ward Funeral Home. The family received friends from 5 to 7 p.m. A funeral...

Julia R. Root

Julia R. Root

Jul 29, 2020

Julia R. Root, 89, of Washington, KS, died July 29, 2020 at the Linn Community Nursing Home. Visitation was Saturday, August 1, from 9-11 a.m. at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Washington followed by a funeral service at 11:00 a.m. Jill Duis PMA officiated. Sheila Ouellette was organist and the congregation sang “Amazing Grace,” “Beautiful Savior” and “On Eagles Wings.”...

Adelbert Stewart

Adelbert Stewart

Jul 27, 2020

Adelbert E. Stewart, 88, of Washington, KS, died July 27, 2020 at the Washington County Hospital. Visitation was Wednesday, July 29, from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m., at Ward Funeral Home in Washington. The family received friends from 5 to 6:30 p.m. A funeral service was at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, July 30, at Ward Funeral Home, Washington. Pastor Darel Boston...

Myrl D. Merritt

Myrl D. Merritt

Jul 21, 2020

Myrl D. Merritt, 80, of Linn, KS, died Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at the Washington County Hospital. Visitation was Friday, July 24, from 1 to 8 p.m., at Ward Funeral Home in Linn. A family funeral service was held at 10 a.m., Saturday, July 25 at Zion Lutheran Church in Linn. Pastor David Gruoner officiated. Organist was Jerod Hatesohl and...

Wanda Kay Hiltgen

Wanda Kay Hiltgen

Jul 14, 2020

Wanda Kay Hiltgen, 66, Greenleaf, died July 14, 2020 at her home. The family received friends Friday, July 17 from 4 to 6 p.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Greenleaf. A Vigil service followed at 6 p.m. with Father Joseph Kieffer officiating. Wanda was born on September 4, 1953 at Albany. GA to Herbert and Alma (Hersey) Strawder. She...

Ann Hoffman

Ann Hoffman

Jul 13, 2020

Ann Hoffman, 89, Haddam, died Monday, July 13, 2020 at the Republic County Hospital in Belleville. A graveside funeral service was 10:30 a.m., July 30, at the Patterson Cemetery near Haddam. Ann was born May 7, 1931 in Leavenworth to Walter and Edith (Davis) Jones. She graduated high school and attended one year at KU. Ann worked as a dispatcher...

Lorene A. Peters

Lorene A. Peters

Jul 11, 2020

Lorene Anna Peters, 88, Linn, died July 11, 2020 at Clay County Medical Center in Clay Center, KS. Visitation was held from 1 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, July 22, at Ward Funeral Home in Linn. A private funeral service was at 10 a.m., Thursday, July 23 at St. John Lutheran Church near Palmer. Rev. Joshua Hayes officiated. Burial was in...

Virginia R. McCall

Virginia R. McCall

Jul 6, 2020

Virginia R. McCall, 91, Washington, died July 6, 2020 at the Centennial Homestead Nursing Home, Washington. A graveside service will be 1:30 p.m., August 1, 2020 at the Kingsley City Cemetery, Kinglsey, Iowa. A memorial fund is established and will be designated later. Contributions may be sent in care of Ward Funeral Home, Washington.

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