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Edna Benson Ward

Birth: 19 Oct 1890
Logan, Cache County, Utah, USA
Death: 19 Mar 1976 (aged 85)
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Burial: Riverside Cemetery

Riverside, Box Elder County, Utah, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 71086978 View Source

Edna Benson Ward, 85, died Friday in a Salt Lake City Nursing Home of causes incident to age.

She was born on October 19, 1890, a daughter of Frank Andrew and Amanda Charolotta Eliason Benson.

On June 26, 1912, she married John Henry Ward in the Logan LDS Temple.

She graduated from Brigham Young College in Logan, Utah.

She was a Charter Member of the DUP Garland Camp and had served as its Captain, Secretary and Historian.

She had been a member of the Birthday and Literary Clubs.

A member of the LDS Church, she had served as President of the YWMIA and Primary, she had been on the Bear River Stake Boards of the YWMIA and Relief Society.

Surviving are her husband, Salt Lake City, Utah; two sons and two daughters, Frank S Ward of Ogden, Utah; Karl E Ward, Hyde Park, Utah; Mrs Odell (Edna Mae) Thompson, Napa, California; and Mrs Burt W (Amanda) Hermansen, Salt Lake City, Utah; 16 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren.

Burial was held in the Riverside Cemetery, Riverside, Utah.

Edna Benson Ward, 85, died Friday in a Salt Lake City Nursing Home of causes incident to age.

She was born on October 19, 1890, a daughter of Frank Andrew and Amanda Charolotta Eliason Benson.

On June 26, 1912, she married John Henry Ward in the Logan LDS Temple.

She graduated from Brigham Young College in Logan, Utah.

She was a Charter Member of the DUP Garland Camp and had served as its Captain, Secretary and Historian.

She had been a member of the Birthday and Literary Clubs.

A member of the LDS Church, she had served as President of the YWMIA and Primary, she had been on the Bear River Stake Boards of the YWMIA and Relief Society.

Surviving are her husband, Salt Lake City, Utah; two sons and two daughters, Frank S Ward of Ogden, Utah; Karl E Ward, Hyde Park, Utah; Mrs Odell (Edna Mae) Thompson, Napa, California; and Mrs Burt W (Amanda) Hermansen, Salt Lake City, Utah; 16 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren.

Burial was held in the Riverside Cemetery, Riverside, Utah.

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1888–1985 (m. 1912)

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Originally Created by: Marc & Jackie LePage
Added: Jun 9, 2011
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71086978/edna-ward: accessed ), memorial page for Edna Benson Ward (19 Oct 1890–19 Mar 1976), Find a Grave Memorial ID 71086978, citing Riverside Cemetery, Riverside, Box Elder County, Utah, USA; Maintained by SMS (contributor 46491005).

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