Eunice Ward, 86, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016. Memorial service: 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30, at Genesis United Methodist Church, 7635 S. Hulen. Interment: Private in Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery. Memorials: The family requests that, in lieu of flowers, a donation be made to the Alzheimer's Association to Eunice Ward's TRIBUTE. Eunice was born to Emmet and Eunice Young in Highland Park, Mich., on Nov. 8, 1929, and had four siblings, Dorothy, Marjorie, Norman and Arthur. She attended Eastern Michigan University for two years before leaving school to marry John "Jack" Ward, the love of her life. They moved to Fort Worth in 1950. Jack's job took them away from Fort Worth twice but upon retirement they returned to this place where they had raised their children and always felt was home. Eunice was employed as a registrar at Arlington Heights High School. During the time they lived in Greenville, she worked at Texas A&M at Commerce as the supervisor for student loans. Eunice was an ardent tennis and golf player and played both sports actively well into her 70s. She was active in Citizens of Patrol and other neighborhood civic projects and enjoyed bird watching. Genesis United Methodist Church was dear to her heart. She felt that her crowning joy was her four daughters and her pride in the knowledge that they had all graduated college. She jokingly said, "That's what I want on my tombstone." She was preceded in death by her granddaughter, Megan Zindel. Survivors: She was deeply loved and will be missed by her beloved husband of 66 years, Jack Ward of Fort Worth; daughters, Jeanine Ward, Janet Ward, Marilyn Zindel and Carol Greenia; Sandy Coachman, Jeff Zindel, and Michael Greenia; grandchildren, Devin Ward, Jeffrey, Douglas and Brady Deskin, Nicholas, Chad and Jessica Zindel, Haley, Blake and Genevieve Greenia; great-grandchildren, Natalie Deskin and Mazzy and Julien Ward; plus many nieces and nephews.
Published in Star-Telegram on Sept. 18, 2016