Karen L. Ward, 68, of Lexington, Illinoispassed away at 5:02 p.m. Thursday (Feb. 11, 2016) at Advocate BroMenn Medical Center, Normal.
Karen was born March 21, 1947 in Chicago, a daughter to Walter and Dorothy Lepper Raleigh. She married Kevin S. Ward on July 22, 1994 in Bloomington.
Surviving are her husband, Kevin Ward; her children, Elizabeth Ward, Mitchell Ward and Jennifer Ward; mother in-law, Lanita Anuci and sister in-law, Susan (Aaron) Arnold.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her father in-law.
Karen was born and educated in Chicago, where she started her career as a registered nurse. She then worked for BroMenn Regional Medical Center in Normal. She worked various jobs including long-term care head nurse and intravenous therapist before transferring to the emergency room where she was a certified emergency nurse and trauma nurse specialist. She later retired from home health care in 2008 to fight a courageous eight-year battle with cancer.
Published in the Bloomington, Il. Pantagraph
Karen was born March 21, 1947 in Chicago, a daughter to Walter and Dorothy Lepper Raleigh. She married Kevin S. Ward on July 22, 1994 in Bloomington.
Surviving are her husband, Kevin Ward; her children, Elizabeth Ward, Mitchell Ward and Jennifer Ward; mother in-law, Lanita Anuci and sister in-law, Susan (Aaron) Arnold.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her father in-law.
Karen was born and educated in Chicago, where she started her career as a registered nurse. She then worked for BroMenn Regional Medical Center in Normal. She worked various jobs including long-term care head nurse and intravenous therapist before transferring to the emergency room where she was a certified emergency nurse and trauma nurse specialist. She later retired from home health care in 2008 to fight a courageous eight-year battle with cancer.
Published in the Bloomington, Il. Pantagraph
Karen L. Ward, 68, of Lexington, Illinoispassed away at 5:02 p.m. Thursday (Feb. 11, 2016) at Advocate BroMenn Medical Center, Normal.
Karen was born March 21, 1947 in Chicago, a daughter to Walter and Dorothy Lepper Raleigh. She married Kevin S. Ward on July 22, 1994 in Bloomington.
Surviving are her husband, Kevin Ward; her children, Elizabeth Ward, Mitchell Ward and Jennifer Ward; mother in-law, Lanita Anuci and sister in-law, Susan (Aaron) Arnold.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her father in-law.
Karen was born and educated in Chicago, where she started her career as a registered nurse. She then worked for BroMenn Regional Medical Center in Normal. She worked various jobs including long-term care head nurse and intravenous therapist before transferring to the emergency room where she was a certified emergency nurse and trauma nurse specialist. She later retired from home health care in 2008 to fight a courageous eight-year battle with cancer.
Published in the Bloomington, Il. Pantagraph
Karen was born March 21, 1947 in Chicago, a daughter to Walter and Dorothy Lepper Raleigh. She married Kevin S. Ward on July 22, 1994 in Bloomington.
Surviving are her husband, Kevin Ward; her children, Elizabeth Ward, Mitchell Ward and Jennifer Ward; mother in-law, Lanita Anuci and sister in-law, Susan (Aaron) Arnold.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her father in-law.
Karen was born and educated in Chicago, where she started her career as a registered nurse. She then worked for BroMenn Regional Medical Center in Normal. She worked various jobs including long-term care head nurse and intravenous therapist before transferring to the emergency room where she was a certified emergency nurse and trauma nurse specialist. She later retired from home health care in 2008 to fight a courageous eight-year battle with cancer.
Published in the Bloomington, Il. Pantagraph
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