WARD, Stanley Alden
(98) of The Inn at Atlantic Heights, Saco, Maine, died peacefully at his home on July 9, 2015. He was born July 8, 1917 at Cornish Maine, son of Walter Jewel Ward and Laura Berdina Proctor Ward. He was a graduate of Fryeburg Academy, class of 1936, Baypath Institute, Springfield, MA, University of Michigan, BS Geology, Eastern Michigan University, MA and SPA. He served in the Armed Forces from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1953. He retired as an Air Force Major, having served on active duty and in the Reserves. He worked in the Registrar’s office at the University of Michigan from 1950 to 1968 and held the same position at Eastern Michigan University from 1968 to 1981. He was a member of the Ann Arbor Free Methodist Church, the Sons of the American Revolution and the Mayflower Society. He was married to his first wife, Marion Eaton, of Groton, MA for 54 years. They enjoyed a full life in Ann Arbor, Michigan with their two sons, Neal and Dale, before Marion’s death in 2002. In 2003, Stan married Edith Joyce Brown of Ashby, MA and Prince Edward Island, Canada. Stan loved Edith’s Island birthplace and spent every summer up to last year enjoying and improving the Marie, P.E.I. homestead. Stan was embraced and adored by Edith’s two daughters, Priscilla and Heather, and appreciated time spent with their children and grandchildren. Stanley’s wife, Edith, died June 23, of this year, leaving him greatly saddened. He is also predeceased by three sisters: Joyce, Charlotte and Louise. Survivors include two sons: Neal Ward and his partner, Jim Jefferies, of Tampa, FL; Dale Ward and his partner, Leslie Belair, of New Orleans, LA; a grandson, Jonathon Ward; a sister, Helen Bailey and her husband, Lester, of Andover, ME; and many nieces and nephews. He is also survived by step daughters, Priscilla Hanks and her husband, Tim, and Heather Francis and her husband, Rick, and their children and grandchildren who knew him as “Grandpa Stan”. A committal service will take place at Arborcrest Cemetery, Ann Arbor, MI, Wednesday, July 15 at 1 p.m. A memorial service will be held at Bible Baptist Church, Saco, ME at a date to be announced. There will also be a joint memorial service for Stanley and Edith in Morell, Prince Edward Island later this summer. Charitable contributions may be made to Bible Baptist Church, 146 Ferry Rd., Saco, ME 04072. Arrangements are by Hope Memorial Chapel, 480 Elm St., Biddeford, ME 04005. To share condolences online, please visit www.HopeMemorial.com