Geneva Ward's Obituary
Geneva Magalene (Spencer) Ward born May 7, 1924, in Corsicana, Texas and passed away January 21, 2020 in Corsicana, Texas.
Preceded in death by parents Wallace Pendleton (aka William Penn) Spencer and Carrie Lee Terry, two brothers (Horace "K" and Wallace "Buck"), two sisters (Mary Frances and Gladys), Husband Arthur Boone Ward, Jr., son A.B. “Sonny” Ward, III, and one grandson, Kenneth Ward.
Survived by: sister Flora Ellen Gunderson (and husband George) of South Padre Island, Texas, son Allan Spencer Ward (and wife Linda) of Port Isabel, Texas, daughter Susan Penelope "Penny" Cook (and husband Billy) of Sneads Ferry, North Carolina, four granddaughters: KC Holliday, Lorraine Whiting, Diana Young, Julie Montague, six grandsons: Daniel Cook, Jeff Ward, Spencer Ward, Brian Ward, Chris Ward, Scott Ward, thirty great-grandchildren; and six great-great grandchildren.
As a young girl, Geneva played with jacks, jump ropes, and paper dolls cut out of Sears Roebuck catalogs. She graduated Mission High School in 1942.
Her first job was a telephone operator and she also worked at Neimans in downtown Dallas, until being a stay-at-home mom. She met her husband at a dance and they married on April 4, 1943 in Houston, Texas. Some of their favorite past-times were square dancing, traveling, cooking and hosting family and friends. Geneva was a meticulous homemaker, organized, and very detail-oriented. She was smart, strong-willed, and opinionated. She loved to play bridge, do genealogy research, and was always so generous! It has been many years since she used her beautiful cursive handwriting or corresponded by letter using her typewriter. She was loved and will be missed!
Celebration of Life Service will be held Saturday, February 1, 2020, at 3:00 pm, Wildwood Chapel in Restland Memorial Cemetery, 13005 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, Texas.
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