Mary L. Ward

Bettendorf, Iowa Mary L. Ward, 90, of Bettendorf, Iowa, formerly of Stoneham, Massachusetts, died Tuesday, March 23, 2004, in Genesis West Medical Center, Davenport, Iowa. Services are 8 p.m. Thursday at Trimble Funeral Home, Moline, with visitation one hour before the services. Additional services will be Monday morning at St. Patrick's Parish, Stoneham, where she was a member. Burial will be in Bellevue Cemetery, Lawrence, Mass. Memorials may be made to the Stoneham Public Library. The former Mary Alma Lahey was born May 3, 1913, in Lawrence, Massachusetts, the daughter of Andrew and Evelina (Blais) Lahey. She married Joseph Ward on May 10, 1936, in Lawrence. He died December 31, 1976. She was library clerk at the Stoneham Public Library for 28 years, retiring in 1983. Mary is survived by a daughter, Patricia Ward of Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania; a son and daughter-in-law, David and Kathy Ward of Orion, Illinois; two grandchildren, Joseph Ward and Anna Farley and her husband Martin; five great-grandchildren; a sister, Eileen O'Gorman of Deland, Florida; and a brother, John Lahey of Lawrence. Remembrances and condolences may be shared with the family at www.TrimbleFuneralHomes.com. END OF OBITUARY