Gwendolyn Alice Ward

Gwendolyn Alice Smith Ward Riverside, UT; Gwendolyn Alice Smith Ward, born 10 April 1910 in Malad, Idaho, the daughter of Lot Smith, Jr. and Sarah Louisa Bingham, died 30 December 2001, in Kaysville, Utah. Orphaned at age three along with four siblings, she was raised by her grandmother Alice Ann Richards Smith in Fielding, Utah. She married Ira Zundel Ward 17 June 1931 in the Logan LDS Temple and moved into the Ward family home in Riverside, Utah, where she lived until shortly before her death. Mother excelled as a homemaker in a time when home management required skill and hard work. She was an active member of the LDS Church serving in various capacities in her Ward and Stake. She was noted for her gardening and inherited a life long love for reading from her Grandmother Smith. A devoted mother, she had three children die in infancy, raised four children, has fifteen grandchildren and twenty-one great grandchildren. She is survived by her daughter Marilyn Ward, Ogden, Utah; sons and daughters-in-law, Kenneth Mel and Carole Ward, Kaysville, Utah; Douglas and Karen Ward, Longmont, Colorado; Michael and Elizabeth Ward, Monmouth, Oregon; brother Ross Smith, Logan, Utah; sister Sally Peterson, Tremonton, Utah; sister-in-law Grace Smith, Logan, Utah. Her husband died on 21 February 1990. Funeral services will be held Saturday, 5 January 2002, at 10:00 a.m. in the Belmont Chapel, 16925 North 5200 West, Riverside, Utah. Friends may call Sat. Jan. 5th from 9:00-9:40 at the Church. Arrangements under the direction of Rogers and Taylor Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers the family would appreciate donations in her name to the Primary Children?s Medical Center, P.O. Box 58249, Salt Lake City, Utah 84158-0249. Appreciation is expressed to IHC Hospice for their assistance in caring for mother while she lived out the last weeks of her life in the home of her son in Kaysville. Interment will be in the Riverside Cemetery