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Our beloved father, Rudolph Ward, has passed. He’s gone on to be with his father, Lucilious Ward and mother, Josephine Ware-Ward in a better place.
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Services were held on April 27, at Desert View Baptist Church, with interment at Desert View Cemetery.
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He is survived by his wife, Lynn Ward; oldest son, Antonio Dickens; oldest daughter, Marshall Jones Williams; youngest daughter, Shernise Ward; and youngest son, Rudolph Ward II.
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He was a strong, dependable and loving patriarch of our community. Rudi welcomed everyone into his arms and our home. Rudi served proudly as a deacon at Desert View Baptist Church, not only as a role model but as a friend and as a pillar of enduring support to everyone in Winslow. His love reached as far as his home in Mississippi, his loving wife’s home in Indiana and to family and friends abroad.
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He loved cooking for his community, gardening, watching movies with his children, art, music and playing with the neighboring dogs, Alfredo and Rembrandt.
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We are so unbelievably blessed to have had the amazing father, deacon, chef, boss, husband and son that we all did, and he is always with us. Thank you to the greatest father in the world Rudolph.
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Greer’s Mortuary handled the arrangements.
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