Lois M Ward
1925 - 2020
Lois M Ward, 95, died Wednesday (March
18,2020) at The Oxford Grand in Wichita, KS.
She was born January 19, 1925 on a farm
SE of Conway Springs, Ks. She graduated from Conway Springs High
School in 1941 and received her BS degree from Kansas State
University in 1945. She married Jack Leroy Ward on December 18, 1949
in Winfield Kansas. They had one daughter, Debbie. They were married
for over 50 years before Jack's death on August 17, 2000.
Lois worked at several hospitals in
Kansas before moving to Newton, working as a medical technologist at
Bethel Deaconess Hospital before moving to Axtell Hospital from
1956-1997. During that time she served as Supervisor of the Lab.
Lois volunteered at St. Francis
Hospital in Wichita where she met her second husband Bill Hendrix.
They married on March 22, 2003 and lived in Wichita. Bill passed away
on May 29, 2020. Lois was a member of First Presbyterian church in
Newton, Andover United Methodist church and a member of the Order of
Eastern Star for over 50 years.
Survivors include daughter Debbie
Wilson and husband John of Wichita, beloved grandson Erik Wilson of
Prairie Village, Ks; brother Don Grimm and wife Elaine of Goleta,
Calif.; sister-in-law Eunice Grimm of Lone Tree, Colo. and numerous
nieces and nephews.
Lois is preceded in death by her
parents Ralph and MayBelle Grimm; first husband Jack, and brothers,
Clyde, Dale, Glenn, Wayne and Dean Grimm.
A private family inurnment has been
held.
Memorial with the First Presbyterian
Church in Newton and the Andover United Methodist Church in Andover.
Arrangements were by Broadway Colonial
Funeral Home, Newton.
