Janice Ward 81, Springfield, MO. passed away Monday, October 28, 2019, in Phoenix, Arizona. She was born in Danville, Virginia, on January 1, 1938, to Clarence James and Gladys (Martin) Yeatts. She was a retired owner-operator of her own Cafe. She was a member of Crossway Baptist Church.
Janice was preceded in death by her parents, her husband: Robert E. Ward, and her sister: Mildred Layne. She is survived by her four children: Bob Ward Jr. and his wife, Marcia, Carl Ward and his wife, Toni, Kathy Montgomery and her husband, Brian and Lisa Ward and her husband, Rob, nine grandchildren: Kristen, Jason, Bobbi, Ashley, Kristina, Amanda, Matt, Christyna, and Allyssa, 14 great-grandchildren and her two sisters: Jenny McDaniel and Liz Greeson. She was a kind, caring, and loving angel on earth, who is now an angel in Heaven, greatly missed by all who knew her.
Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, November 9, 2019, at Greenlawn Funeral Home North, with visitation from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. before the services, at the funeral home. Burial will be at 2:00 p.m. at Shawnee Cemetery, Warsaw, MO. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Crossway Baptist Church.