Mary Catherine Ward | Coker-Mathews Funeral Home | Greenville, TX Funeral Home & Cremation

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Mary Catherine Ward, Age 94 of Commerce passed away on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at Greencrest Manor in Greenville. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 PM Friday at Winfield Cemetery in Winfield, Texas. Coker-Mathews Funeral Home, 5100 Interstate 30 in Greenvilleis in charge of arrangements. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 PM Thursday at the funeral home.

Mrs. Ward was born on March 31, 1915 in Ft. Worth to Dr. Ralph Leslie and Nina Ethel Beck. On June 30, 1937, she married James Kelly Ward in Hugo, Oklahoma. She graduated from Mt. Pleasant High School and earned her Bachelors and Masters Degrees from East Texas State in Commerce. She was employed as a teacher in the Quinlan ISD for ten years and was a member of the Baptist faith. She also took flying lessons, made jewelry and loved antiques, and traveled extensively in country and abroad with friends and family. She was a draftsman at Majors Field during WWII.

Her survivors include son Ralph Ward and wife, Nancy of Commerce; daughter Cathy Conway and husband, David of Durant, Oklahoma; grandsons Christopher Conway and wife Kassidy of Stillwater, Oklahoma and Adam Ward of Commerce; cousins Travis (Bill) Beck of Mt. Pleasant, Helon Owens of Plano, Pat Beck of Mt Pleasant, Buddy Beck of Mt. Pleasant, and Lynn Libby of Mississippi; several nieces and nephews including special niece and nephew Mary Vance and Jim Beck of Winfield; and sister-in-law Betty Beck of Winfield.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; 3 brothers Thomas Andrew Beck, D.D.S., Ralph Lloyd Beck, D.D.S., and Leslie Joe Beck; and infant twin brother and sister Leslie and Ethel Beck.

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Services

Visitation

Coker-Mathews Funeral Home

5100 Interstate 30

Greenville, TX, 75402

May 21, 2009

5 PM to 8 PM

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Service

Graveside

Winfield Cemetery

off I30 East

Winfield, TX, 74701

May 22, 2009

2:00 PM

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Condolences (6)

A.Lynn Libby Fancy Gap, VA May 22, 2009

"The passing of Mary Catherine is a profound loss to you, her close family, but also to us, her larger one.

We wish for you the peace of knowing that her life was long.

We wish for you, more, the contentment of knowing that it was rich and fulfilled, despite its griefs.

We wish that somehow we could make your grief pass more quickly.

Lynn and Nancy

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John Van Bebber Denison, TX May 22, 2009

"Cathy,
It appears that she lived a full life and I hope you celebrate that without the sorrow.
Sincere best wishes to your family,
John
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Joyce Garvie Alva, OK May 21, 2009

"Cathy, Your mother was such a lovely lady! I know by the way you spoke of her, that you will miss her terribly."

Mary CatherineWard

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